PTFE Patches
Bard® offers surgeons a wide selection of cardiovascular products with a proven track record in surgery, including cardiovascular tissues, tapes, surgical patches, and sponges. With an extensive line of cardiovascular fabrics and patches, Bard® provides surgeons with a choice of synthetic patch materials, as well as various options for material thickness and permeability.
The selection of Bard® surgical patches offers surgeons various options for material thickness and permeability. These patches are used in various ways in cardiac surgery: as a patch, as a support for sutures, and as a material used for replacement of segments of the ventricular myocardium after resection.
Bard® PTFE Patch: Used as a reinforcement for sutures
Bard® Thick PTFE Patch: Used as a reinforcement for sutures and friable tissue.
Extra thickness provides greater support to the tissue.