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Scaffold for connective tissue repair

  • US 8,226,715 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2003
  • Issued: 07/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. 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; and

    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.

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