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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Jianmin Li, Lexington, MA (US);
James Goddard, Pepperell, MA (US);
Timothy P. Harrah, Cambridge, MA (US);
Doreen Rao, Sudbury, MA (US);
Alfred Intoccia, Nashua, NH (US);
Leo James Lichte, Riverside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2/0045 (2013.01); A61L 31/04 (2013.01); A61L 31/146 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0031 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0067 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to an aspect of the present invention, surgical films for soft tissue repair are provided. The surgical films comprise at least one sheet of a non-filamentous material within which pores are formed. Further aspects of the invention, among others, pertain to methods of using such surgical films and to kits containing such surgical films.