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US 11,534,287 B2Granted
Implant for soft tissue reconstruction
AssigneeInternational Life Sciences, LLC
InventorAnders Persson
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Abstract
Method of making a musculoskeletal tissue reconstruction implant by warp knitting an implant of a biodegradable polymeric material to form a porous matrix or scaffold having a tensile stiffness at least by 50% lower than the tensile stiffness of the musculoskeletal tissue the implant is configured to reconstruct.
Claims15
A method for reconstructing anatomic tissue of a musculo-skeletal apparatus, comprising the steps of:
- providing a warp knit fabric material implant consisting of a biodegradable single synthetic porous polymeric material having proximal and distal fixation regions and having a tensile stiffness that is at least 50% lower than a tensile stiffness anatomic musculo-skeletal tissue which the implant is reconstructing;
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- securing the implant at the proximal and distal fixation regions to the anatomic musculoskeletal tissue.
A method for reconstructing anatomic tissue of a musculo-skeletal apparatus comprising the steps of:
- identifying an anatomic tissue for reconstruction, the anatomic tissue comprising a ligament or a tendon, the anatomic tissue for reconstruction having a corresponding native tissue tensile stiffness;
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- securing an implant to the anatomic tissue for reconstruction at proximal and distal fixation regions of the implant, the implant comprising a warp knit tissue scaffold comprising a biodegradable synthetic porous polymeric material, the implant having a tensile stiffness that is lower than the native tensile stiffness of the anatomic tissue at the time the implant is secured to the anatomic tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.