Soft tissue implant with micron-scale surface texture to optimize anchorage
CA 1323959 C · Owner: Clemson University · Inventors: Campbell, Craig E.; Von Recum, Andreas F.
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A soft tissue implant device such as a catheter heart valve, or plastic or reconstructive surgical material, to be at least partially embedded in an implantation site in soft organic tissue of a living organism includes a body defining a surface layer extending over the portion of the body contacting the organic tissue. The surface layer defines a threedimensional pattern with an exterior surface defining a plurality of spaces and a plurality of solid surface portions. The spaces have a mean bridging distance ranging from greater than 1.0 micron to less than 4.0 microns and the solid surface portions have mean breadths ranging from 0.10 micron to 2.0 microns. The mean bridging distance is …
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- Granted November 9, 1993. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 9, 2010.
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