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Fiber-reinforced, porous, biodegradable implant device

  • US 6,511,511 B1
  • Filed: 10/25/1999
  • Issued: 01/28/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A fiber-reinforced biodegradable implant material comprising a biodegradable polymeric matrix having biodegradable fibers of a length no geater than about 1 cm substantially uniformly distributed therein in predominantly parallel orientation, wherein the ratio of the volume of the fibers to the sum of the volume of the fibers and the volume of the polymeric material forming said polymeric matrix is between about 0.05 and about 0.5.

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