Prosthesis (i.e. – artificial body members) – parts thereof – or ai – Implantable prosthesis
Patent
1997-08-04
2000-07-18
Yu, Mickey
Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai
Implantable prosthesis
623 12, 623 13, 606151, 606154, 606213, A61F 202
Patent
active
06090996&
ABSTRACT:
An implant which includes a porous matrix sheet made of a biopolymeric material which is biocompatible and bioresorbable. The porous matrix sheet has at least one portion spaced from and overlapping another portion of the matrix sheet, and has a density ranging from about 0.05 g/cm.sup.3 to about 1.3 g/cm.sup.3, a pore size ranging from about 0.1 .mu.m to about 1,500 .mu.m, and a spacing between overlapping portions of the matrix sheet ranging from about 0.1 .mu.m to about 2,000 .mu.m.
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Collagen Matrix, Inc.
Nguyen Tram A.
Yu Mickey
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