Three-dimensional braided soft tissue prosthesis
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1. A prosthetic device, comprising:
- an implantable tubular three-dimensional braided structure wherein said braided structure includes a plurality of interconnected layers, andwherein said structure has an inner fluid contacting surface and an outer tissue contacting surface, andwherein said inner surface has a porosity sufficient to discourage leakage of fluid therethrough and said outer surface has a porosity sufficient to allow growth of tissue therein.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a soft tissue prosthesis which is formed from a three-dimensional braided structure. The three-dimensional braided structure preferably may be made in the form of a solid three-dimensional braid, a three-dimensional braid having at least one interlocking yarn coupling contiguous layers or in the form of a plurality of two-dimensional braided layers adhesively laminated, separately sewn or otherwise connected together to form the three-dimensional braided prosthesis.
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26 Claims
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1. A prosthetic device, comprising:
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an implantable tubular three-dimensional braided structure wherein said braided structure includes a plurality of interconnected layers, and wherein said structure has an inner fluid contacting surface and an outer tissue contacting surface, and wherein said inner surface has a porosity sufficient to discourage leakage of fluid therethrough and said outer surface has a porosity sufficient to allow growth of tissue therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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