Prosthetic ligament
AssigneeCelanese Advanced Materials, Inc.
InventorsRobert B. Knudsen, Richard E. Nye
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Abstract
A prosthetic ligament includes a cord of thermotropic liquid crystal filaments. The cord preferably comprises multi-filament thermotropic liquid crystal filaments. The cord has an eye spliced at each of its ends.
Claims8
A prosthetic ligament comprises a cord of thermotropic liquid crystalline filaments.
A prosthetic ligament comprises a cord of braided thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer strands and the cord having an eye spliced at each end thereof.
A prosthetic ligament comprises a cord of filaments having a creep resistance of greater than 0% tension loss at 1000 hours, a flexural strength greater than 10,000 cycles-to-failure, and an abrasion resistance greater than 100 cycles-to-failure, and the cord having an eye spliced at each end thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.