Absorbable/Biodegradable Composite Yarns and Property-Modulated Surgical Implants Therefrom
AssigneePoly-Med, Inc.
InventorsShalaby W Shalaby, Shawn J. Peniston
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to absorbable/biodegradable composite yarns, each comprising at least two types of fibrous components having distinctly different absorption and strength retention profiles and the use of these composite yarns to construct surgical implants, such as sutures and meshes with integrated physicochemical and biological properties, modulated through varying the individual yarn content and controlling the geometry of these constructs.
Claims28
An absorbable/biodegradable surgical implant comprising at least two differing fibrous components, the differing components having differing absorption profiles and differing strength retention profiles in the biological environment.
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