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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1992
Filed:
May. 02, 1991
James M Pachence, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method of bonding collagen to synthetic polyester fibers, particularly DACRON. The method involves providing synthetic polyester fabric fibers having repeating carbonyl groups, hydrogenating the repeating carbonyl groups and then conducting a transesterification step which includes the addition of free amine groups. The free amine groups are reacted with a bifunctional crosslinking agent to produce modified polyester fibers. The final step involves adding collagen to the modified polyester fibers for a time sufficient to produce covalent bonding of the collagen to the fibers. The invention also involves the making of a fabric matrix comprised of synthetic polyester fibers, particularly DACRON, and collagen being covalently bound to the fibers. Such matrix can be utilized in ligament prosthesis design.