Abstract: Compositions useful as bone fillers or dental composites are provided which may include a sterilizing agent.

Abstract: Compositions useful as bone fillers or dental composites are provided which may include a sterilizing agent.

Abstract: Compositions useful as bone fillers or dental composites are provided which may include a sterilizing agent.

Abstract: Compositions useful as bone fillers or dental composites are provided which may include a sterilizing agent.

Abstract: Compositions useful as bone fillers or dental composites are provided which may include a sterilizing agent.

Abstract: Compositions useful as bone fillers or dental composites are provided which may include a sterilizing agent.

Abstract: A method of coating a surface according to the present invention comprises the steps of abrading the surface to be coated with particles, then arranging a composite structure comprising a layer fibre fabric, a fibre bundle applied according to a pattern and particles of bioactive material in between the fibre bundles pattern, and a second fibre fabric. The method and coated implants manufactured by the method provide implants with good load bearing capabilities for use for example in hip implants.

Abstract: Compositions useful as bone fillers or dental composites are provided which may include a sterilizing agent.

Abstract: A resorbable tissue scaffold fabricated from bioactive glass fiber forms a rigid three-dimensional porous matrix having a bioactive composition. Porosity in the form of interconnected pore space is provided by the space between the bioactive glass fiber in the porous matrix. Strength of the bioresorbable matrix is provided by bioactive glass that fuses and bonds the bioactive glass fiber into the rigid three-dimensional matrix. The resorbable tissue scaffold supports tissue in-growth to provide osteoconductivity as a resorbable tissue scaffold, used for the repair of damaged and/or diseased bone tissue.

Abstract: A resorbable tissue scaffold fabricated from bioactive glass fiber forms a rigid three-dimensional porous matrix having a bioactive composition. Porosity in the form of interconnected pore space is provided by the space between the bioactive glass fiber in the porous matrix. Strength of the bioresorbable matrix is provided by bioactive glass that fuses and bonds the bioactive glass fiber into the rigid three-dimensional matrix. The resorbable tissue scaffold supports tissue in-growth to provide osteoconductivity as a resorbable tissue scaffold, used for the repair of damaged and/or diseased bone tissue.

Abstract: A resorbable tissue scaffold fabricated from bioactive glass fiber forms a rigid three-dimensional porous matrix having a bioactive composition. Porosity in the form of interconnected pore space is provided by the space between the bioactive glass fiber in the porous matrix. Strength of the bioresorbable matrix is provided by bioactive glass that fuses and bonds the bioactive glass fiber into the rigid three-dimensional matrix. The resorbable tissue scaffold supports tissue in-growth to provide osteoconductivity as a resorbable tissue scaffold, used for the repair of damaged and/or diseased bone tissue.

Abstract: A resorbable tissue scaffold fabricated from bioactive glass fiber forms a rigid three-dimensional porous matrix having a bioactive composition. Porosity in the form of interconnected pore space is provided by the space between the bioactive glass fiber in the porous matrix. Strength of the bioresorbable matrix is provided by bioactive glass that fuses and bonds the bioactive glass fiber into the rigid three-dimensional matrix. The resorbable tissue scaffold supports tissue in-growth to provide osteoconductivity as a resorbable tissue scaffold, used for the repair of damaged and/or diseased bone tissue.

Abstract: A tissue scaffold fabricated from bioinert fiber forms a rigid three-dimensional porous matrix having a bioinert composition. Porosity in the form of interconnected pore space is provided by the space between the bioinert fiber in the porous matrix. Strength of the porous matrix is provided by bioinert fiber fused and bonded into the rigid three-dimensional matrix having a specific pore size and pore size distribution. The tissue scaffold supports tissue in-growth to provide osteoconductivity as a tissue scaffold, used for the repair of damaged and/or diseased bone tissue.

Abstract: The invention relates to an implant for securing a flexible piece to bone. The implant comprises a first part and a second part, a distal end that is to be inserted first in a hole in the bone, and a proximal end that is at the opposite end of the implant in relation to the distal end. The first part comprises securing means for securing the implant to said hole. The second part comprises a groove that receives the flexible piece to be secured by means of the implant. The second part is arranged to be mobile in relation to the first part in the direction of the longitudinal centre line of the implant. The contact surfaces between the first and the second parts comprise wedging surfaces such that as the second part is shifted towards the proximal end of the implant, said securing means move away from said centre line.

Abstract: A device for removal of fastening means from human tissue. The device comprises a shaft having proximal and distal ends and a longitudinal centre line. The distal end comprises a thread section having a centre line that is coaxial with the longitudinal centre line of the shaft and a left-hand thread that screws itself around the centre line, and a counter surface that is disposed outside the thread and has a surface component direction which intersects one of said centre lines. The counter surface is disposed so as to make contact with the fastening means to be removed when the thread is rotated into a hole in the fastening means.

Abstract: A suture arrow device is provided that includes a first and second arrow connecting for a flexible connecting member. A method of using the suture arrow device to repair damaged tissue is also provided. An installation device for inserting two suture arrow sequentially and a method of using such an installation device to repair tissue is also provided.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for inserting a self expanding stent into a delivery device and delivering the stent into a body lumen. The apparatus comprises an outer tube; an inner tube; a capturing element slidably mounted on the inner tube and including a foldable sleeve, a blocking element fixed to the inner tube adapted to block a stent from being inserted into the sleeve proximally of the blocking element and to block the capturing element from becoming situated distally of a predetermined point relative to said inner tube, the capturing element carried on the inner tube so that the distal end of the sleeve can extend beyond the distal end of the outer tube in an unfolded condition and be drawn into the outer tube by the blocking element. A stent having an end inserted into the sleeve is drawn into the outer tube, thereby becoming captured within the outer tube.

Abstract: A polymer stent is disclosed for treating vascular disorders. The stent is formed from a billet having regions with varying plastic strain imposed by drawing the regions through different sized dies at different speeds under different loads. The drawing orients the molecules of the polymer lengthwise along the stent. The stent is placed on a catheter and positioned within the vascular vessel being treated. The stent is expanded radially outwardly by a balloon on the catheter, expansion being facilitated by heat applied to the stent from the balloon. The polymer molecules are oriented circumferentially by the expansion and the mechanical properties of the stent are established. The billet has different compounds, such as medicaments and radiopaque markers distributed throughout the regions. The medicaments are released into the blood stream. The stent may be bio-stable or bio-absorbable.

Abstract: A fastener is provided for tissue fixation. The fastener includes first and second implantation members and a connecting member connecting the first and second implantation members. The implantation members may have protuberances on their surfaces. A method for using the fastener and a kit including the fastener and an installation tool is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides suture arrow device for repairing tissue or attaching matter to tissue. More specifically, the present invention provides a suture arrow device comprising at least two implantation members connected by a connecting member.