1969
Suzuki and Takaku first described moyamoya and its staging in 1969 1).
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.