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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2019
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Trent Gardner Callcott, Atlanta, GA (US);
Jonathan William Schwartz, Atlanta, GA (US);
David Nelson Ku, Atlanta, GA (US);
GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of an artificial meniscus are disclosed herein. An artificial meniscus includes at least one circumferential fiber bundle and the at least one non-circumferential fiber bundle embedded in a polymer material. The non-circumferential fiber bundles are fully encapsulated within the polymer material, and the circumferential fiber bundles extend out of anterior and posterior horns of the artificial meniscus to terminate in ends that are configured for fixation to bone. Methods of making and implanting artificial menisci are also disclosed herein. The methods of making include, but are not limited to, stepwise molding, layering, and curing of polymer material around the circumferential and non-circumferential fiber bundles. The methods of implanting include threading ends of the circumferential fiber bundles through first and second bone tunnels, then immobilizing the ends of the circumferential fiber bundles with respect to the bone of the subject.