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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeshi Shimamoto, Fukuchiyama, JP;
Takashige Oka, Funai, JP;
Minori Adachi, Ayabe, JP;
Suon H Hyon, Uji, JP;
Kazuo Nakayama, Ushiku, JP;
Akira Kaito, Ibaragi, JP;
Assignees:
Gunze Limited, Ayabe, JP;
Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 76 ; 606 77 ;
Abstract
Bone-treating devices made of biodegradable polymers having a high-density and a high-orientation along the major axis, which have a density of 1.260 g/cm.sup.3 or more (when measured by the sink and float method) and which possess the bending strength and the bending strength-retaining characteristic defined by the following equations: