COMPRESSION AND KINK RESISTANT IMPLANTS

• Main Authors: LI, SHU-TUNG, YUEN, DEBBIE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 24.01.2023
• Subjects: APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR ORAL OR DENTAL HYGIENE; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DENTISTRY; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A compression and kink resistant tubular implant for nerve repair. The implant includes a tubular biopolymeric membrane and a polymeric supporting filament. Also provided is a shaped compression resistant implant for ridge augmentation in dental surgery. Methods for producing the implants are also provided. Il est décrit un implant tubulaire résistant à la compression et au pliage destiné à la réparation nerveuse. L'implant comporte une membrane tubulaire en biopolymère et un filament de support polymère. Un implant façonné, résistant à la compression, destiné à l'augmentation des arêtes en chirurgie dentaire, est également décrit. Des procédés de production des implants sont également décrits.