====== 1969 ====== [[1968]]-[[1970]] Suzuki and Takaku first described [[moyamoya]] and its staging in [[1969]] ((Suzuki J, Takaku A. Cerebrovascular "moyamoya" disease. Disease showing abnormal net-like vessels in base of brain. Arch Neurol. 1969 Mar;20(3):288-99. doi: 10.1001/archneur.1969.00480090076012. PMID: 5775283.)). ---- [[Gore-Tex]] is a waterproof, breathable fabric [[membrane]] and a registered trademark of W. L. Gore and Associates. Invented in [[1969]], Gore-Tex can repel liquid water while allowing water vapor to pass through and is designed to be a lightweight, waterproof fabric for all-weather use. It is composed of stretched [[polytetrafluoroethylene]] (PTFE), which is more commonly known by the generic trademark [[Teflon]]. ---- [[Lyodura]] was a medical [[product]] used in [[neurosurgery]] that has been shown to transmit [[Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease]], a degenerative neurological disorder that is incurable, from affected donor cadavers to surgical recipients. Lyodura was introduced in [[1969]] as a product of [[B. Braun Melsungen]] AG, a leading hospital supply company based in [[Germany]].