Artificial ligament device

The device, which may be a ligament augmentation device, a delivery device for an autologous graft, or a prosthetic ligament, is made by securing a plurality of tows (11) of biocompatible material side-by-side in a flat elongate array (13), as by loose (12A) or tight (12B) braiding, looping the tows...

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Hauptverfasser:	ALI SHAFIGHIAN, ALAN RORY MOR MCLEOD
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS BRAID BRAIDING BRAIDING MACHINES BRAIDING OR MANUFACTURE OF LACE, INCLUDING BOBBIN-NET ORCARBONISED LACE DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTIOND, RELATING TOTEXTILES KNITTING LACE LACE-MAKING MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE NON-WOVEN FABRICS ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TEXTILES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS TRIMMINGS
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Zusammenfassung:	The device, which may be a ligament augmentation device, a delivery device for an autologous graft, or a prosthetic ligament, is made by securing a plurality of tows (11) of biocompatible material side-by-side in a flat elongate array (13), as by loose (12A) or tight (12B) braiding, looping the tows back at one end of the device to form an eye (14) with the tows grouped together round the eye and held by lashing (17), and applying whipping (15) round the grouped tows around the eye.