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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
David Farrar, York, GB;
Malcolm Brown, Otley, GB;
Michael Hall, Linthorpe, GB;
John Eric Brunelle, Boston, MA (US);
Nicholas John Cotton, Westborough, MA (US);
Rod Berube, North Attleboro, MA (US);
John Lipchitz, Watertown, MA (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61L 24/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/42 (2006.01); A61L 27/46 (2006.01); A61L 27/48 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); A61L 27/58 (2006.01); A61L 27/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 (2013.01); A61L 24/0036 (2013.01); A61L 24/0042 (2013.01); A61L 24/0063 (2013.01); A61L 24/0084 (2013.01); A61L 24/0094 (2013.01); A61L 27/14 (2013.01); A61L 27/425 (2013.01); A61L 27/46 (2013.01); A61L 27/48 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61L 27/58 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01);
Abstract
Tissue fixation devices are provided. The devices include a first component and a second component, the components having different rates of in vivo degradation. The first component and second component are arranged so that, upon degradation of one of the components, the other component provides a scaffold into which bone can grow.