A century of excellence

In 2008, B. Braun celebrated a century of industrially manufactured sterile sutures. This important anniversary renewed our desire to contribute to the advancement of modern surgery – by continuing into the 21st century our tradition of developing pioneering products and offering a wide range of opportunities for acquiring new skills.

Moreover, to give fresh impetus to innovation in this field, we were staging an international competition: The Future of Sutures. This
was designed to create a platform for interdisciplinary exchange on surgical wound-closure techniques – and to find and foster new perspectives in this key area of surgery.