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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2019
206 Ortho, Inc., Deerfield, NH (US);
Jeffrey A. D'Agostino, Deerfield, NH (US);
Andrew J. Carter, Stow, MA (US);
Arthur Watterson, Nashua, NH (US);
Joseph P. Lane, Methuen, MA (US);
206 ORTHO, Inc., Deerfield, NH (US);
Abstract
A composite implant comprising a bioabsorbable matrix material, an outer sheath of a textile comprising filaments; and a plurality of flexible reinforcing rods held together by the outer sheath; each of the flexible reinforcing rods have a plurality of filaments, and the filaments of the textile and the flexible reinforcing rods include a degradable or resorbable glass. Preferably, the filaments are present in the composite implant in an amount of 20 volume percent to 95 volume percent, based on the total volume of the composite implant.