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US 2019/0201577 A1Published application
Fiber-based surgical implant and method of manufacture
AssigneeInternational Life Sciences, LLC d/b/a Artelon
InventorsAnders Persson, Eugenio Ferrario
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Abstract
A fiber-based surgical implant stabilized against fraying, includes a thermally crimped flat-knitted fabric of a biocompatible, optionally biodegradable, polymer material having a glass transition temperature or other thermally induced secondary conformational mobility threshold in the temperature range of from 20° C. to +170° C. Also disclosed is a corresponding fabric and methods of producing the implant and the fabric.
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A method of producing a flat-knitted fabric for use in the manufacture of a surgical implant stabilized against fraying, comprising:
- a. providing at least one biocompatible polymer fiber having either a glass transition temperature or at least one thermally induced conformational mobility threshold that is not a melting threshold, within a temperature ranging from 20° C. to 170° C.;
- b. knitting a flat fabric from the at least one biocompatible polymer fiber;
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- c. thermally crimping the flat knit fabric.
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