Welcome to the Galatea International website. Galatea Surgical is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tepha, Inc. This website is operated by Tepha, Inc. Your visit and use of this website will be governed by these Terms of Use and all applicable laws. We invite you to use the content for your personal use, and your visit and use of this website constitute acceptance of these Terms of Use.

1. Website 

This website is offered to provide information about Galatea Surgical’s products and business. Neither Galatea Surgical nor Tepha practice medicine or provide medical services or advice, and you should not construe information on this website as medical advice. Please consult your healthcare professionals for medical advice and other advisors as appropriate for legal, investment or other advice.

2. Intellectual Property Rights in the Galatea Surgical Website and Content

All content on the Galatea International website is the property of Tepha or its licensors, or is used with the owner’s permission by Tepha, and is protected by United States and international copyrights and other laws. You may download or print limited content for your personal, noncommercial use, so long as you retain all associated copyright, trademark and other proprietary notices. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Tepha, Inc., this website, is the property of Tepha, Inc. Galatea^®, Galatea scaffold^®, GalaFLEX^®, GalaSHAPE^®, GalaFLEX 3D™, GalaFORM^®, GalaFLEX 3DR™, Tepha^®, TephaFLEX^®, and the Tepha logo are trademarks of Tepha, Inc. 

Any reproduction, retransmission or other use of text or pictures without permission is prohibited. Requests for permission to reproduce any information contained on this website should be addressed to Galatea, at: contact-international@galateasurgical.com. Copyright in the pictures, unless stated otherwise, is owned by Galatea or Tepha.

3. Links

Our website may contain links to other websites. Neither Tepha nor Galatea Surgical assume  any responsibility for the content, any potential claims made or terms of use of other websites and encourages you to read the terms of use of any linked sites. If you wish to link your website to this website, you may only link to the home page. You may not link to any other pages within this website without the prior written consent of Galatea. Quotation or use of one or more portions of this website in the site of any third parties without prior written consent is likewise prohibited.

4. Disclaimer

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Galatea International  website and content are provided “as is” and “as available,” and Galatea disclaims to the fullest extent permitted by law, any and all representations or warranties, whether express or implied. Galatea Surgical does not warrant the accuracy, completeness, currency or reliability of content available through this website, or that access to this website will be uninterrupted or error-free.

5. Privacy Policy

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6. Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notice

If you believe that your work has been copied and is accessible at this website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that this website contains links or other references to another online location that contains material infringing your copyrights, you may notify us by providing our copyright agent the information required by the U.S. Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §512. 

Our agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement relating to this website can be reached at: contact-international@galateasurgical.com. Galatea Surgical may revise these Terms of Use or website content from time to time, and we encourage visitors to review the Terms of Use when visiting this website. The Terms of Use in effect at the time of a visitor’s use of our website will apply. This Terms of use is effective as of February 2021.

Indications for Use

The information on this website is provided by Galatea and is intended for general information purposes only.  The information is intended for healthcare professionals.

GalaFLEX, GalaFLEX 3D and GalaFLEX 3DR (Galatea scaffolds) are designed to be used in patients undergoing soft tissue repair and reinforcement in medically necessary breast surgery procedures where the existing soft tissue is deficient to support the surgical repair. Examples of such breast surgery applications include reduction mammoplasty and breast revision surgery to correct a medical condition. GalaFLEX scaffolds may also be used in cosmetic breast procedures. 

Important Safety Information

Possible complications of using Galatea scaffolds include infection, seroma, pain or swelling, scaffold migration, wound dehiscence, haemorrhage, adhesions, haematoma, inflammation, extrusion and recurrence of the soft tissue defect.

Consult the Instructions for Use for complete prescribing information, including indications for use, warnings and precautions.

Misuse of the website

You must not misuse the website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful. You must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website, the server on which the website is stored or any server, computer or database connected to the website. You must not attack the website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack. By doing so, you would commit a criminal offence and we will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and we will co-operate with those authorities by disclosing your identity to them. In the event of such a breach, your right to use the website will cease immediately.

Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms of Use are governed by Commonwealth of Massachusetts law and any disputes arising in connection to these Terms of Use are to be determined by the exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts in Boston, Massachusetts and the federal United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.