Artificial ligament
US5800543A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 13, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD10B2509/00
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of manufacturing an artificial ligament device, which may be a ligament augmentation device, a delivery device for an autologous graft, or a prosthetic ligament, comprises securing a plurality of tows of biocompatible material side-by-side in a flat elongate array, as by light braiding, looping the tows back at one end of the device to form an eye with the tows grouped together around the eye, and applying whipping around the grouped tows around the eye.
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