Artificial tendon or ligament with varying stiffness along its length

Tendon or ligament with an elongated body comprising a flexible median part and at least one end part showing a different tensile stiffness from that of the median part, said body having a fibrous structure formed from biocompatible fibers having a diameter superior to 0.1 ¼m, said fibers forming th...

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Hauptverfasser:	CANTOURNET, SABINE, CORTE, LAURENT, CHERKAOUI, MOHAMMED, BACH, JASON, KU, DAVID N
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS CABLES OTHER THAN ELECTRIC CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES ROPES ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL TEXTILES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	Tendon or ligament with an elongated body comprising a flexible median part and at least one end part showing a different tensile stiffness from that of the median part, said body having a fibrous structure formed from biocompatible fibers having a diameter superior to 0.1 ¼m, said fibers forming the body of the device wherein the median part comprises a tubular cage placed around a central core comprising fibers.