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US 11,446,130 B2Granted
Textured medical textiles
AssigneeTELA Bio, Inc.
InventorsE. Skott Greenhalgh, John-Paul Romano, Travis Speicher, Brendan Farrell
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Abstract
Described herein are implants (e.g., medical textiles/biotextiles) that include stitched gripping filaments to increase gripping, and methods of forming and using them. In some configurations these apparatuses may be configured as surgical grafts that may be used for soft tissue reconstruction, regeneration, or repair.
Claims18
An implant, the implant comprising:
- a sheet of substrate material;
- a first strand of material extending adjacent to a first side of the sheet of substrate material;
- a plurality of gripping strands extending proud of a second side of the sheet of substrate material, wherein each gripping strand of the plurality of gripping strands comprises one or more arms extending from a vertex in which the gripping strand is wrapped around the first strand of material extending on the first side of the sheet of substrate material;
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- a grid pattern stitched through the sheet of substrate material formed by a second strand of material and either the first strand or a third strand of material.
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An implant, the implant comprising:
- a sheet of substrate comprising extracellular matrix material (ECM);
- a continuous first strand of material extending adjacent to a first side of the ECM;
- a plurality of gripping strands extending proud of a second side of the ECM, wherein each gripping strand of the plurality of gripping strands comprises one or more arms extending from a vertex that is slidably wrapped around the continuous first strand of material extending on the first side of the ECM;
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- a grid pattern stitched through the sheet of ECM formed by a continuous second strand of material and either the continuous first strand, or a continuous third strand of material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.