Elongated composite for an implant
Assignee206 ORTHO, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey A. D'AGOSTINO, Stephen S. KEANEY, Elizabeth NELSON
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Abstract
An elongated composite for an implant comprising: one or more composite elements includes a core region including a plurality of fibrous bundles, which are preferably braided, woven, bound, interlaced and/or interlocked by bias fiber elements, and a polymerizable material or polymeric material which fills gaps between the fibrous bundles; and a covering over the one or more composite elements. The elongated composite and composite elements have a longitudinal axis and the fibrous bundles include a plurality of filaments that are twisted along the longitudinal axis and a polymeric/polymerizable matrix.
Claims19
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An elongated composite for an implant comprising:
- i) a core region including a plurality of fiber bundles and a polymerizable matrix material or polymeric matrix material which fills gaps between the fiber bundles;
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- ii) an outer region surrounding the core region;
- wherein each of the fiber bundles comprises a plurality of continuous fibers and matrix material filling interstitial spaces between fibers;
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- wherein each of the fibers includes a plurality of filaments, each filament coated with matrix material, and the outer region includes a coating free of continuous fibers.
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