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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1975
Artur Stoy, Prague, CS;
Miroslav Stol, Prague, CS;
Vladimir Stoy, Prague, CS;
Jiri Zima, Prague, CS;
Ceskoslovenska akademie ved, Prague, CS;
Abstract
The tendon prosthesis of the invention consists of a core formed of from a synthetic, preferably hydrophilic linear polymer oriented substantially in the direction of the main longitudinal axis of the prosthesis, having a tensile strength exceeding 100 kg/cm.sup.2 and an elastic elongation of 8 - 50 percent, preferably 12 - 25 % of the resting length, and a sheath consisting of one or more layers of a hydrophilic, substantially non-oriented, physically or covalently crosslinked polymer with an equal or higher elastic elongation and an approximately equal or higher hydrophilicity than that of said core. The material of the core and particularly that of the sheath are permanently compatible with living tissue.