Implant of cross-linked spider silk threads
First Claim
1. Method for the production of implants for medical use, comprising:
- mixing spider silk thread segments and a cross-linking agent in the absence of any bulk matrix compound to provide a scaffolding matrix, and molding the scaffolding matrix of cross-linked spider silk threads into a pre-determined three-dimensional form, with no addition of a bulk matrix compound.
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Abstract
The present invention provides the use of spider silk threads for the production of tissue implants for medical use. A scaffolding matrix is provided for implantation, which matrix is comprised of spider silk thread and/or segments of spider silk threads which are cross-linked. The cross-linked spider silk thread segments essentially maintain a three-dimensional shape into which it is formed by pressing between molds. The three-dimensional shape obtainable by molding sufficiently stable to be used as an implant or for colonizing by mammalian cells while essentially maintaining the three-dimensional shape. In a further embodiment, the scaffolding matrix of cross-linked spider silk segments is at least partially covered by cells autologous or heterologous to the implant recipient. The matrix colonized with cells is obtainable by in vitro cultivation of isolated cells in suspension with the scaffolding matrix.
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14 Claims
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1. Method for the production of implants for medical use, comprising:
- mixing spider silk thread segments and a cross-linking agent in the absence of any bulk matrix compound to provide a scaffolding matrix, and molding the scaffolding matrix of cross-linked spider silk threads into a pre-determined three-dimensional form, with no addition of a bulk matrix compound.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- 8. Implant for medical use comprising spider silk threads, characterized in that the implant is a scaffolding matrix having a predetermined three-dimensional form, obtainable by moulding spider silk threads obtainable from spiders in the presence of a cross-linking agent, with no addition of a bulk matrix compound.
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14. Implant for medical use consisting of a scaffolding matrix consisting of cross-linked spider silk threads moulded into a pre-determined three-dimensional form with only a cross-linking agent.
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