Patents Assigned to Cartificial A/S
  • MEDICAL DEVICE FOR INSERTION INTO A JOINT
    Publication number: 20090234459
    Abstract: The present invention relates to implants used for alleviating and/or preventing conditions relating to damaged joints involving articulating surfaces. The implants comprise fibre of polymer and/or metal, and can be used as an artificial joint, as part of an artificial joint or as an artificial joint spacer made to replace the missing cartilage or to improve the slidability between two natural and/or artificial components of the body, or between a natural and artificial component. The product of the invention can be used to partly or entirely coat medical products or to make up implant partly or entirely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Cartificial A/S
    Inventors: Sune Lund Sporring, Ole Olsen, Jes Bruun Lauritzen, Tom Logstrup Andersen, Povl Brondsted, Klaus Bechgaard, Jan Guldberg Hansen, Henrik Jensen, Kristoffer Almdal, Soren Mouritsen
  • Prosthetic device
    Patent number: 7244273
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for alleviating and/or preventing conditions relating to damaged joints involving articulating surfaces. In a first aspect the present invention relates to a prosthetic device for insertion into a joint cavity of a joint of a vertebrate, such as a human, said device consisting of a biocompatible material comprising at least a first polymeric component and a second polymeric component, wherein the chain length of the first polymeric component is longer than the chain length of the second polymeric component, the polymeric components in particular being polyethylene, polypropylene and/or polyvinylpyrrolidone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Cartificial A/S
    Inventors: Walther Batsberg Pedersen, Frederik Resen Steenstrup, Ole Ingemann Olsen, Lene Diness Jakobsen, Erik Vraa, Jes Bruun Lauritzen, Klaus Bechgaard
  • Medical device comprising a bio-compatible polymeric product with a layered structure
    Publication number: 20060085080
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and a medical device comprising a bio-compatible polymeric product with a layered structure comprising at least one upper layer of a first polymeric component, a middle layer of a second polymeric component, and at least one lower layer of a third polymeric component, wherein the chain length of the first polymeric component and the third polymeric component is longer than the chain length of the second polymeric component. The medical device combines the features of strength, durability and bio-compatibility as well as it has resistance to tear and wear and has a good compressibility. A preferred design of the medical device is a cup produced from a care or film of LDPE surrounded by two layers of UHMWPE fabric. The medical device can be used as implants in mammals, especially as artificial cartilage within joints to secure mobility of the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: Cartificial A/S
    Inventors: Klaus Bechgaard, Tom Andersen, Aage Lystrup, Povl Brondsted, Sune Sporring, Jes Lauritzen, Ole Olsen