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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2007
Shalaby W. Shalaby, Anderson, SC (US);
Shawn Peniston, Easley, SC (US);
Scott Taylor, Pendleton, SC (US);
Douglas D. Greene, Easley, SC (US);
Shalaby W. Shalaby, Anderson, SC (US);
Shawn Peniston, Easley, SC (US);
Scott Taylor, Pendleton, SC (US);
Douglas D. Greene, Easley, SC (US);
Poly-Med, Inc., Anderson, SC (US);
Abstract
Absorbable composite medical devices such as surgical meshes and braided sutures, which display two or more absorption/biodegradation and breaking strength retention profiles and exhibit unique properties in different clinical settings, are made using combinations of at least two types of yarns having distinctly different physicochemical and biological properties and incorporate in the subject construct special designs to provide a range of unique properties as clinically useful implants.