“Silicon can, in fact, dissolve in biofluids, sea water, and many forms of ground water. The rates are exceptionally slow (nanometers a day),” professor John Roger told EETimes. “Made with ultrathin silicon (from 20-to-100 nanometers) they can dissolve in a few weeks, at physiologic...
A dissolvable suture is a means of closing a surgical wound that is eventually absorbed by the body. Unlike traditional sutures...