US 2017/0246351 A1 · Biocompatible Textile Sleeves to Support and Guide Muscle Regeneration and Methods of Use Thereof

Abstract

A biocompatible sleeve designed to encase an assembly of small 3D muscles that have been cultured in vitro. The sleeve is formed from polymer fibers in such a way that pushing the two ends of the sleeve towards each other increases the diameter of the sleeve so as to facilitate insertion of the engineered muscles. Subsequent pulling at the ends of the sleeves decreases the diameter of the sleeve to facilitate a secure fit around the engineered muscle during implantation of the sleeve into a patient. The composition of the polymer fibers can be tuned to achieve the desired mechanical properties and rate of degradability.

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Dependent claims

A biocompatible sleeve for use with implantable tissue, the sleeve comprising a cylindrical, helically wound, sleeve fabricated by braiding, knitting or weaving, and comprising polymer fibers, wherein said polymer fibers comprise a first resorbable biocompatible polymer.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/508,349Filed 2 Sep 2015

Priority

2 Sep 2014

Published

31 Aug 2017

Term ends

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Classification6 codes

A61L 27/58
Materials characterised by their function or physical properties , e.g. injectable or lubricating compositions, shape-memory materials, surface…:…
A61F 2002/0894
Muscles; Tendons; Ligaments: muscles
A61L 2400/16
Materials characterised by their function or physical properties: materials with shape-memory or superelastic properties
A61L 2430/30
Materials or treatment for tissue regeneration: for muscle reconstruction

Biocompatible Textile Sleeves to Support and Guide Muscle Regeneration and Methods of Use Thereof

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Biocompatible Textile Sleeves to Support and Guide Muscle Regeneration and Methods of Use Thereof

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Abstract

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