Enable Your Minimally Invasive Orthopedic Procedure with High-Strength, Colorful, and Sustainable UHMWPE Fiber Materials

Date
Tuesday, June 24, 2025Tue, Jun 24, 2025
Duration
60 min
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About this webinar

Enable your minimally invasive therapy in orthopedics with the latest in medical-grade Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber, branded as Ulteeva Purity™. Known for its high strength which can often be leveraged to reduce the size of components such as sutures, the latest colors available also aid visualization in difficult-to-see environments such as arthroscopy.

In this comprehensive webinar tailored for professionals in the medical device industry, we would further your knowledge of Ulteeva Purity™ fiber, its properties and performance, and how it can benefit your orthopedic application.

From initial spark to final commercial solution, our multi-disciplinary team provides end-to-end support for the Ulteeva Purity™ family, including sampling and prototyping, alongside technical and regulatory support, to aid the seamless introduction of Ulteeva Purity™ products to your platform.

Who should attend

This webinar will appeal to Product Developers or Engineers focused on orthopedics. This could be at a medical device company or at a medical OEM.

What you will learn

Attendees will learn about:
  • The strength of Ulteeva Purity™ fiber that can be used to shrink medical devices
  • How the Ulteeva Purity™ fiber is the gold standard for use in high-strength orthopedic sutures
  • The quality of Ulteeva Purity™ fiber and the Ulteeva Purity™ fiber applications areas

Featured Speakers

Mark Hazzard, Manager, Product Marketing & Service, Polyethylenes, dsm-firmenich

Mark Hazzard

Manager, Product Marketing & Service, Polyethylenes · dsm-firmenich

Mark Hazzard is the Manager for Product Marketing and Technical Services for polyethylene technology at Biomedical, a division of dsm-firmenich. He received his Masters in Aerospace Engineering, followed by a PhD on composite materials with UHMWPE fibers from the University of Bristol, UK.

During a seven-year career at DSM, he has worked in corporate research and at Biomedical as a scientist, developing a passion for biomedical materials and their application in medicine.

Partner for this event

dsm-firmenich

With dsm-firmenich, we’ve brought together a global leader in health, nutrition, and bioscience with the world’s largest privately-owned fragrance and taste company. Meet dsm-firmenich, your innovation partner in all things nutrition, health, and beauty.

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