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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2003
Prasanna Malaviya, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Herbert E. Schwartz, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Anthony D. Zannis, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Terrence David Whalen, Leesburg, IN (US);
Philip Joseph Jenks, Warsaw, IN (US);
Prasanna Malaviya, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Herbert E. Schwartz, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Anthony D. Zannis, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Terrence David Whalen, Leesburg, IN (US);
Philip Joseph Jenks, Warsaw, IN (US);
Depuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
An implantable tissue repair device has a cover and tissue regeneration material. The cover includes a top panel and a bottom panel joined together along a leading edge. The tissue regeneration material is positioned between the top and bottom panels. The cover includes a continuous sheet of biocompatible material extending across the edge and into the top panel and bottom panel. The cover is thicker along the leading edge than at least a portion of the top panel and thicker than at least a portion of the bottom panel. At least a portion of one of the panels covering the tissue regeneration material is thicker than a portion of the other panel covering the tissue regeneration material. A method of making the device is also disclosed.