Tepha, Incorporated

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Contact: Mary Legraw
Web: http://www.tepha.com
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Address: 99 Hayden Avenue, Suite 360, Lexington, Massachusetts 02421, USA
Phone: +1-(781)-3571700 | Fax: +1-(781)-3571701 | Map/Directions >>

Profile: Tepha, Inc. is a medical device firm pursuing the development and commercialization of innovative products based on biomaterial technology. The technology provides a new class of absorbable biomaterials, known as polyhydroxyalkanoates (a.k.a. PHAs), which may be tailored to meet unmet needs for medical devices in multiple fields. Our products include tephaFLEXr polymer which is the first PHA material to be used in a medical device & tephELASTr biomaterial is an absorbable elastomer for use in medical devices. Tepha sutures made from tephaflex material allow them to slide through tissues. Our other products include monofilament suture, monofilament mesh, surgical film and knitted mesh product.

FDA Registration Number: 3005670760

8 Products/Services (Click for related suppliers)

• Absorbable Monofilament Sutures

• Absorbable Surgical Films (FDA Code: OOD / 878.3300)

• Absorbable Sutures (FDA Code: GAK / 878.4830)

An absorbable surgical gut suture, both plain and chromic, is an absorbable, sterile, flexible thread prepared from either the serosal connective tissue layer of beef (bovine) or the submucosal fibrous tissue of sheep (ovine) intestine, and is intended for use in soft tissue approximation.

• Cardiovasculars

• Knitted Monofilament Meshes

• Polymeric Surgical Mesh (FDA Code: FTL / 878.3300)

• Recombinant Technology Suture (FDA Code: NWJ / 878.4494)

• Surgical Mesh (FDA Code: FTM / 878.3300)