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US 11,957,565 B2Granted
Composite scaffold for the repair, reconstruction, and regeneration of soft tissues
AssigneeConmed Corporation
InventorsKevin A. Rocco, Bhavana Mohanraj, Jeffrey Ott, Justin Bendigo, Jacob Edward Komenda, Mark Theodore Aronson, Andrew James Carter
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Abstract
A composite scaffold having a highly porous interior with increased surface area and void volume is surrounded by a flexible support structure that substantially maintains its three-dimensional shape under tension and provides mechanical reinforcement during repair or reconstruction of soft tissue while simultaneously facilitating regeneration of functional tissue.
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A composite scaffold comprising:
- a microporous matrix having a multitude of interconnected pores opening to an exterior surface of the microporous matrix;
- a support structure having a length dimension extending between first and second ends of support structure and defining a cross-sectional area normal to the length dimension, the support structure comprising first and second outer layers spaced apart to define an interior space volume therebetween, the microporous matrix being disposed within the interior space;
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- a plurality of spacer elements extending through the interior space volume between the first and second layers and attached therebetween to maintain separation of the first and second layers;
- wherein the cross-sectional area changes less than approximately 5% upon elongation of the length dimension by approximately 13%.
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A composite scaffold comprising:
- a microporous matrix having a multitude of interconnected pores opening to an exterior surface of the microporous matrix;
- support structure having a length dimension extending between first and second ends of support structure and defining a width dimension normal to the length dimension, the support structure comprising first and second outer layers spaced apart by an interior space and defining a thickness dimension normal to the length dimension and the width dimension;
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- a plurality of spacer elements connecting the first and second outer layers to maintain separation therebetween;
- the microporous matrix being disposed within the interior space;
- wherein the width dimension of the support structure changes less than approximately 5% upon elongation of the length dimension by approximately 13%.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.