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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Proxy Biomedical Limited, Galway, IE;
Inventor:
Peter Gingras, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
Proxy Biomedical Limited, , IE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/10 (2006.01); A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2/0077 (2013.01); A61F 2/02 (2013.01); A61F 2/105 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention features soft tissue implants and methods for making same. The implants can includes a biocompatible film that is rendered porous due to the inclusion of uniformly or non-uniformly patterned cells, and the film has a thickness of less than about 0.015 inches in the event the starting material is non-porous and less than about 0.035 inches in the event the starting material is a microporous film. Multi-film implants can also be made.