Reinforced tissue matrices
AssigneeLifeCell Corporation
InventorsIsrael Jessop, Hui Xu, Hui Li, Nathaniel Bachrach
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Abstract
Devices, methods of producing devices, and methods of treating an anatomic defect are provided. The devices and methods can include a flexible sheet of acellular tissue matrix and one or more elongated synthetic elements. The one or more synthetic elements may extend through the flexible sheet such that the one or more synthetic elements extend substantially parallel to a first top surface and a second bottom surface within one or more portions of the flexible sheet, and may be exposed on one or more portions of the first top surface of the device.
Claims20
A device for treatment of an anatomic defect, comprising:
- a flexible sheet of acellular tissue matrix having a first top surface and a second bottom surface;
- and
- one or more elongated synthetic elements, wherein when the flexible sheet of acellular tissue matrix lies flat, the one or more synthetic elements extend substantially parallel to the first top surface and the second bottom surface within the flexible sheet.
A method of producing a device for treatment of an anatomic defect, comprising:
- selecting a flexible sheet of acellular tissue matrix having a first top surface and a second bottom surface;
- and
- inserting one or more elongated synthetic elements through at least a portion of an interior of the sheet of acellular tissue matrix such that when the flexible sheet of acellular tissue matrix lies flat, the one or more synthetic elements extend substantially parallel to the first top surface and the second bottom surface within the flexible sheet.
A method of treatment, comprising:
- selecting a treatment device comprising:
- a flexible sheet of acellular tissue matrix having a first top surface and a second bottom surface;
- and one or more synthetic elements, wherein when the flexible sheet of acellular tissue matrix lies flat, the one or more synthetic elements extend substantially parallel to the first top surface and the second bottom surface within the flexible sheet;
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- securing the treatment device within a selected anatomical site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.