Abstract: A cartilaginous tissue repair device with a biocompatible, bioresorbable three-dimensional silk or other fibre lay and a biocompatible, bioresorbable substantially porous silk-based or other hydrogel partially or substantially filling the interstices of the fibre lay; with or without an integral means of firmly anchoring the device to a patient's bone.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 17, 2006
Publication date:
July 2, 2009
Applicant:
OXFORD BIOMATERIALS LTD.
Inventors:
Stephen Mann, David Philip Knight, Nicholas James Vavasour Skaer, Caroline Bertram, Richard O.C. Oreffo, Helmtrud I. Roach, Andrew Michael Collins