Scaffold for connective tissue repair
AssigneeDePuy Mitek, LLC
InventorsJulia Hwang, Joseph Hammer, Herb Schwartz, Prasanna Malaviya
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Abstract
A connective tissue scaffold including opposed first and second anchoring segments formed from a plurality of bioresorbable polymeric fibers oriented in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the scaffold and a plurality of bioresorbable polymeric fibers oriented in a direction substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the scaffold. A central segment joins the first and second anchoring segments and includes a plurality of bioresorbable polymeric fibers oriented in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the scaffold. The scaffold can also a tissue particle and/or biological component.
Claims44
A connective tissue scaffold, comprising:
- opposed first and second anchoring segments formed of a plurality of bioresorbable polymeric fibers oriented in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the scaffold and a plurality of bioresorbable polymeric fibers oriented in a direction substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the scaffold, wherein the substantially transverse fibers interlock the longitudinal fibers in two directions in a three-dimensional weave so as to form a three-dimensional woven structure;
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- a central segment, adjoining the first and second anchoring segments, formed of a plurality of bioresorbable polymeric fibers oriented in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the scaffold, wherein the central segment does not include any fibers oriented in a direction substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the scaffold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.