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US 2010/0249838 A1Published application
Multizone Implants
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorsJoshua Stopek, Jonathan D. Thomas
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Abstract
Medical devices having more than one degradation zone or degradation mechanism are used for orthopedic repair devices and soft tissue fixation devices.
Claims17
A fixation device comprising at least two homogeneous degradation zones including a first degradation zone having a first degradation rate and a second degradation zone having a second degradation rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.