Absorbable nerve repair device and method

Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Pore forming in situ – By treating occluded solids

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128334R, 128334C, 264115, 264126, 264136, 264343, C08J 926, B29C 6714, B29C 6720, A61B 1704

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ABSTRACT:
Medical devices for the sutureless repair of lacerated, severed, or grafted nerves comprising longitudinally-openable, porous, rough-surfaced tubes of a body-absorbable polymer are disclosed. The tubular devices of the invention are prepared by sintering or otherwise bonding together granules or fibers, or melt processing suitable polymers in the form of the desired device.

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