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7615065 Areal implant  
An areal implant has a long-term-stable, mesh-like basic structure which has pores of a size in the range from 1.5 mm to 8 mm and is provided, at least in a part area, on both sides with a...
7608101 Resorption-controllable medical implants  
Bioresorbable medical implants are designed to have different resorption rates over time or over the topography of the implants. The resorption of the medical implants are controlled by including...
7604668 Composite self-cohered web materials  
The present invention is directed to implantable bioabsorbable non-woven self-cohered web materials having a high degree of porosity. The web materials are very supple and soft, while exhibiting...
7585320 Energetically-controlled delivery of biologically active material from an implanted medical device  
A medical device and system capable of providing on-demand delivery of biologically active material to a body lumen patient, and a method of making such medical device. A first coating layer...
7572298 Implantable medical devices and methods for making same  
An implantable medical device is disclosed. The device is fabricated at least in part from a biocompatible, biodegradable composition. The composition is composed of a biocompatible, biodegradable...
7541049 Bioactive and biodegradable composites of polymers and ceramics or glasses and method to manufacture such composites  
Surgical osteosynthesis composite material which has three components: biodegradable polymer reinforcement, bioceramic or bioglass filler reinforcement and biodegradable polymer matrix. This...
7524335 Fiber-reinforced, porous, biodegradable implant device  
A fiber-reinforced, polymeric implant material useful for tissue engineering, and method of making same are provided. The fibers are preferably aligned predominantly parallel to each other, but may...
7445793 Support for tissue regeneration and process for producing the same  
The present invention provides a scaffold in which cells can be stably retained and grafted in a uniform distribution state in the culture, preferable proliferation ability and viability can be...
7407510 Orbital implant coating having differential degradation  
A coating for an orbital implant where the coating has an anterior portion having a different, longer term bioabsorbability than a posterior portion. This allows the implant to have a smooth...
7387645 Cellular therapy to heal vascular tissue  
The present invention encompasses methods and apparatus for minimizing the risks inherent in endovascular grafting for blood vessel therapy and repair. The invention involves delivering adult stem...
7377939 Highly convertible endolumenal prostheses and methods of manufacture  
Endolumenal prostheses that readily and extensively convert from a delivery configuration to a deployed configuration are disclosed. Endolumenal prostheses may be fabricated from one or more shape...
7335232 Method for repairing bone  
A method for repairing bone in a bone cavity delimited by healthy bone faces, and from which traumatized bone has been excised, comprises adjusting a flexible, biocompatible mesh fabric tube to fit...
7261734 Resorption-controllable medical implants  
Bioresorbable medical implants are designed to have different resorption rates over time or over the topography of the implants. The resorption of the medical implants are controlled by including...
7214242 Bioengineered tubular graft prostheses  
The invention is directed to bioengineered tubular graft prostheses prepared from cleaned tissue material derived from animal sources. The bioengineered graft prostheses of the invention are...
7208171 Injectable and bioadhesive polymeric hydrogels as well as related methods of enzymatic preparation  
The invention is related to biomimetic gels that are prepared enzymatically, using a transglutaminase to cross-link polymer-peptide conjugates of rational design.
7198799 Bioresorbable nerve guide rail  
A biologically resorbable nerve guide rail with a microporous guide tube of polymers of hydroxycarboxylic acids, where the porosity allows a metabolism through the tube wall, but prevents the...
7175852 Implant and process for producing it  
The invention relates to a process for producing an implant, with the implant possessing a textured foreign structure. A porous protein matrix is at least partially anchored in the textured foreign...
7175669 Intragastric stent for duodenum bypass  
A porous weave of bioabsorbable filaments is encased in an elastic membrane to form a thin-walled stent. The stent is sized to be snugly fitted in the proximate portion of the duodenum of a...
7163557 Biodegradable auricular prosthetic device  
A biodegradable auricular prosthetic device is described, particularly but not exclusively devised for the treatment of otitis media, comprising a tubular body having axially opposed ends and...
7112226 Male urethral stent device  
A stent for treatment of a body lumen through which a flow is effected on either side of a sphincter, said stent comprising one or more windings and having an inner core substantially covered by an...
7101394 Energetically-controlled delivery of biologically active material from an implanted medical device  
A medical device and system capable of providing on-demand delivery of biologically active material to a body lumen patient, and a method of making such medical device. A first coating layer...
7077866 Resorbable interbody spinal fusion devices  
A resorbable interbody fusion device for use in spinal fixation is disclosed. The device is composed of 25–100% bioresorbable or resorbable material. The interbody fusion device of the invention...
7041713 Artificial dura mater  
The present invention provides an artificial dura mater which comprises an amorphous or low crystallinity polymer as a constituent component and which prevents the cerebrospinal fluid leakage.
7004974 Material for bone reconstruction  
The invention relates to a preparation for restoring bone in the body of humans or animals in connection with an existing structure, a bone implant or some other prosthetic construction, as well as...
6993406 Method for making a bio-compatible scaffold  
A method for forming a three-dimensional, biocompatible, porous scaffold structure using a solid freeform fabrication technique (referred to herein as robocasting) that can be used as a medical...
6989034 Attachment of absorbable tissue scaffolds to fixation devices  
The present invention relates to tissue scaffold implant devices useful in the repair and/or regeneration of diseased and/or damaged musculoskeletal tissue and that include a tissue scaffold...
6916483 Bioabsorbable plugs containing drugs  
Bioabsorbable modular drug delivery devices having shapes and sizes adapted to be inserted within a mating receptacle on the surface of an implantable prosthesis are disclosed. The devices may be...
6913626 Medical implant having bioabsorbable textured surface  
A hybrid medical implant having a biocompatible, nonabsorbable core portion and a bioabsorbable textured outer surface portion overlying the core portion. The hybrid implant is useful as a...
6902584 Bone grafting matrix  
A porous three-dimensional bone grafting matrix is provided which is biodegradable. The matrix is preferably formed from mineralized collagen where the mineral comprises particulate calcium...
6858042 Preparation for repairing cartilage defects or cartilage/bone defects in human or animal joints  
Repairs of cartilage defects or of cartilage/bone defects in human or animal joints with the help of devices including a bone part ( 1 ), a cartilage layer ( 2 ) and a subchondral bone plate ( 4 )...
6811570 Implant made of a reabsorbable ceramic material  
The invention relates to an implant, especially a breast implant, which is made of a biocompatible material with a pore structure. The biocompatible material is preferably designed to be reabsorbable.
6776797 Method of inserting a flanged device into a human body  
An invention relating to a method for the delivery, or placement, of, for example, a voice prosthesis into a puncture. A flexible flange provided on an outside surface of the device is temporarily...
6764517 Tissue repair matrix  
A porous three-dimensional tissue repair matrix is provided which is biodegradable. The matrix is preferably formed from mineralized collagen where the mineral comprises particulate calcium...
6752834 Membrane for in guided tissue regeneration  
The invention provides a multi-layer membrane comprising a matrix layer predominantly of collagen II and having an open sponge-like texture, and at least one barrier layer having a close,...
6746488 Method and apparatus for hindering osteolysis in porous implants  
A prosthetic implant, and method for making same, is described. The prosthetic implant preferably has a porous coating containing a plurality of pores therein. A biodegradable material is...
6716957 Bioabsorbable materials and medical devices made therefrom  
A bioabsorbable material such as a terpolymer of poly-(L-lactide/D-lactide/glycolide). The material may consist of 85 molar percent L-lactide, 5 molar percent D-lactide, and 10 molar percent...
6716251 Implant for subcutaneous or intradermal injection  
The invention concerns an injection implant for filling up wrinkles, thin lines, skin cracks and scars, for reparative or plastic surgery, aesthetic dermatology, and for filling up gums in dental...
6679919 Artificial dura  
The present invention provides an artificial dura mater prepared from an biodegradable and bioabsorbable synthetic polymer sheet and having a total light transmittance of 30% or more as defined by...
6666893 Absorbable tissue expander  
A method of reconstructing tissue is provided. The method includes implanting an absorbable tissue expander having a fluid-tight or semipermeable envelope and having a bio-absorbable biocompatible...
6652582 Bioabsorbable endoprosthesis having porosity for by-product collection  
A bioabsorbable implantable endoprosthesis having elongate elements including hollow, cavity or porous portions adapted to accumulate by-product from the degradation of the bioabsorbable material...
6626950 Composite scaffold with post anchor for the repair and regeneration of tissue  
A prosthetic implant having a tissue scaffold and a fixation device with a scaffold support and an anchoring post. The anchoring post extends from a surface of the scaffold support at a selected...
6599323 Reinforced tissue implants and methods of manufacture and use  
A biocompatible tissue implant, as well as methods for making and using such an implant, is provided. Preferably, the tissue implant is bioabsorbable. The tissue implant comprises one or more...
6592622 Apparatus and method for securing soft tissue to an artificial prosthesis  
An apparatus for securing soft tissue to a prosthesis includes a retaining member secured to the prosthesis. The apparatus also includes a first band constructed of a resorbable material. The first...
6551355 Tissue transplant coated with biocompatible biodegradable polymer  
A method by which immune responses to cortical bone grafts and other substrates (e.g., cement, IPN, etc.) can be minimized and at the same time graft osteoinductive potential can be improved, and...
6524345 Surgical implant  
A surgical implant comprising biodegradable polymer interspersed with ceramic particulate that is visible to radioscopy.
6514286 Biodegradable polymeric film  
This invention provides biodegradable, biocompatible polymeric films having uniform selected thicknesses between about 60 micrometers and about 5 mm useful in the manufacture of therapeutic...
6514292 Corporal tissue penile reconstruction  
A prosthetic corporal cavernosal structure (PCCS) for use in penile reconstruction, for the correction of developmental defects, for postoperative reconstruction, and for reconstructive...
6503278 Under tissue conditions degradable material and a method for its manufacturing  
This invention relates to a material that degrades after implantation into a patient's tissue, and resorbs into the patient's body, which material is manufactured of polymer, copolymer or polymer...
6461385 Method and apparatus for augmenting osteointegration of prosthetic implant devices  
Bone augmentation in a mammalian body to enhance the mechanical strength of a prosthesis is provided by reinforcement of bone in the region surrounding the implant device. A number of fibrillar...
6451059 Viscous suspension spinning process for producing resorbable ceramic fibers and scaffolds  
The present invention provides a hard tissue scaffold comprising a resorbable ceramic. The scaffold is formed by first creating unfired (green) bioresorbable ceramic fibers via the viscous...
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