Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a plurality of absorbable filaments arranged in a support structure and configured degrade within a defined time period and a membrane arranged about the plurality of absorbable filaments and configured to contain fragments of the plurality of absorbable filaments in response to a fracture or degradation of a filament.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for transmission of m information signal combinations over a known transmission medium at a high rate of speed without crosstalk between data transferred through the transmission medium. The technique employed is to convert each of the m information signal combinations to a unique line signal corresponding to one of n intrinsic orthogonal modes of the defined transmission medium through which the information is to be transmitted (wherein m>n). The encoded line signals, propagated via the orthogonal modes, are received and decoded at a remote location along the transmission medium to restore the original information data. The problem of assigning m unique line signals to each of the m possible information signal combinations is addressed by amplitude modulation of the transmission medium's n intrinsic orthogonal modes.