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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1995
Martti Talja, Lahti, FI;
Pertti Tormala, Tampere, FI;
Pentti Rokkanen, Helsinki, FI;
Seppo Vainionpaa, Helsinki, FI;
Timo Pohjonen, Tampere, FI;
Biocon Oy, Tampere, FI;
Abstract
A method of producing a surgical implant, device, or part thereof, made of biodegradable material for performing at least one function selected from the group consisting of supporting, joining and separating tissue and keeping open a tissue cavity. One biodegradable rod which is wound around a winding center into a helical configuration in a manner that between successive winds there is provided a space free of material of the biodegradable rod, and which is reinforced with biodegradable reinforcement element in a biodegradable matrix the reinforcement elements being oriented substantially in a longitudinal direction of the biodegradable rod.
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