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Biodegradable implant manufactured of polymer-based material and a method for manufacturing the same

US6228111A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 7, 1998
Grant dateMay 8, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 7, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2250/003
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a biodegradable implant or the like manufactured of polymer-based material and intended to be installed in tissue conditions. In the macroscopic structure of the implant two or several zones are created in a manner that the biodegradable polymer-based material has in different zones a different detaching time from the macroscopic structure under tissue conditions.

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