Affecting the outer ear, swimmers ear (also called acute otitis externa) is a painful condition resulting from inflammation, irritation, or infection. These symptoms often occur after water gets trapped in your ear, with subsequent spread of bacteria or fungal organisms.
Amazon Launches Silk Web Browser for Tablets. Amazon has unveiled Silk, a brand new web browser that lives both on the tablet and in the cloud. The browser, which will be available on the Amazon Fire tablet, dramatically cuts down on load times and request times by splitting the workload between the tablet and Amazon's EC2. This infusion of cloud computing is the secret sauce that makes the Silk browser load pages quickly.
Silk. Braided Natural Silk Non-Absorbable Suture. DESCRIPTION. Silk is a braided nonabsorbable, sterile surgical suture composed of an organic protein called fibroin. This protein is derived from the domesticated species Bombyx mori (B. mori) of the family Bombycidae. CHARACTERISTICS. Silk suture exhibits: â¢ Smooth flow through tissue while maintaining optimal knot security. TENSILE STRENGTH. While Silk suture is not absorbed, progressive degradation of the proteinaceous silk fiber in vivo may result in a gradual loss of the suture tensile strength over time. COLOR. Black. PACKAGING. Silk is available in various USP sizes. Silk is supplied in a wide range of lengths affixed to a diverse assortment of needle types in one dozen boxes. Three dozen suture boxes available on customer request.