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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2021
The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (US);
The Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO (US);
Michael Detamore, Lawrence, KS (US);
Lindsey Ott, Lawrence, KS (US);
Robert Weatherly, Overland Park, KS (US);
The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (US);
The Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO (US);
Abstract
An implant can include a plurality of polymeric fibers associated together into a fibrous body. The fibrous body is capable of being shaped to fit a tracheal defect and capable of being secured in place by suture or by bioadhesive. The fibrous body can have aligned fibers (e.g., circumferentially aligned) or unaligned fibers. The fibrous body can be electrospun. The fibrous body can have a first characteristic in a first gradient distribution across at least a portion of the fibrous body. The fibrous body can include one or more structural reinforcing members, such as ribbon structural reinforcing members, which can be embedded in the plurality of fibers. The fibrous body can include one or more structural reinforcing members bonded to the fibers with liquid polymer as an adhesive, the liquid polymer having a substantially similar composition of the fibers.