Implantable mesh
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorKelly W. Schlachter
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Abstract
An implantable mesh including demineralized bone fibers mechanically entangled into a biodegradable or permanent implantable mesh is provided. A method of preparing the implantable mesh is also provided. The method of preparing the implantable mesh includes mechanically entangling demineralized bone fibers with non-bone fibers to form the implantable mesh. The mechanical entanglement of the bone fibers into the implantable mesh is achieved by applying needle punching with barbed needles, spun lacing, entanglement with water jets or air jets or ultrasonic entanglement with ultrasonic waves. A method of implanting an implantable mesh at a target bone tissue site is also provided.
Claims15
A method of preparing an implantable mesh, the method comprising providing a plurality of biodegradable polymer mesh fibers as a base mesh layer;
- needle punching a plurality of demineralized bone fibers onto the plurality of biodegradable polymer mesh fibers such that the plurality of demineralized bone fibers are disposed within the base mesh layer;
- and mechanically entangling the demineralized bone fibers into the base mesh layer along a longitudinal axis of the base mesh layer forming the implantable mesh.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.