Strand-like implant of resorbable polymer material, process for its production and use in surgery

US6458148B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Aesculag AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Martin Dauner · Eßlingen, DE
• Helmut Goldmann · Tuttlingen, DE
• Helmut Hierlemann · Göppingen, DE
• Heinrich Planck · Ratingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 20, 2000
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2002
• Expiry date: Mar 20, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L27/58
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A strand-like implant of resorbable polymer material is substantially formed as a random copolymer of L-lactide and glycolide, which are present in a composition in a range of more than 80 mole % lactide and less than 20 mole % glycolide to 95 mole % lactide and 5 mole % glycolide, particularly in a ratio of 90:10, and has in the textile structure a tensile strength of more than 200 N/mm2.