Abstract: The present invention relates to porous composite materials and objects such as 3D scaffolds, in particular to bioactive and bioresorbable scaffolds that can be transformed at body temperature.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a field of implants and more specifically to a three dimensional material comprising synthetic needle punched carded mesh and recombinant human collagen. Also, the present invention relates to uses of the three dimensional material. Furthermore, the present invention relates to medical devices comprising the implantable material of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to porous composite materials and objects such as 3D scaffolds, in particular to bioactive and bioresorbable scaffolds that can be transformed at body temperature.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bioabsorbable and bioactive composite material for surgical musculoskeletal applications comprising a bioabsorbable polymeric matrix material which is reinforced with bioabsorbable polymeric fibers and bioabsorbable ceramic fibers. The surgical bioabsorbable polymeric matrix material is reinforced with the bioabsorbable polymeric fibers and the bioabsorbable ceramic fibers from which at least a portion is longer than 150 ?m. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a bioabsorbable and bioactive composite material.

Abstract: Surgical osteosynthesis composite material which has three components: biodegradable polymer reinforcement, bioceramic or bioglass filler reinforcement and biodegradable polymer matrix. This invention relates to biodegradable materials used for bone fracture fixation devices and methods of their manufacture. Unlike other known materials used prior to this application, the composites of this invention have two different reinforcing phases and one matrix phase. One reinforcing element is referred as the polymeric reinforcing element and the other as the ceramic reinforcing element.

Abstract: A surgical thread and a surgical device. The surgical thread includes at least two adjacent elongated elements that are connected to each other and include filament fibers such that a maximum cross-sectional diameter of the thread is substantially greater than the cross-sectional diameter of the thread in the direction perpendicular to the maximum diameter, and the elements are connected by a structure that is arranged to be broken at least at the ends of the elements such that the thread can be divided into single elements. The surgical device includes a needle and a surgical thread attached to the surgical needle.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to body tissue fixation systems, including body tissue fixation hardware comprising biocompatible, bioabsorbable plates, with an osteropromoting coating layer on at least one surface of said plates, and methods of using those system and hardware.

Abstract: The invention relates to bioactive, biocompatible, bioabsorbable surgical composites and devices, such as plates, meshes, membranes, pins, screws, tacks, bolts, intramedullary nails, suture anchors, staples, bone plugs or other devices which are applied in bone-to-bone, soft tissue-to-bone or soft tissue-to-soft tissue fixation or in guided tissue regeneration or in fixation of bioabsorbable and/or biostable implants in, and/or on, bone or soft tissue, which composites and devices are fabricated of bioabsorbable segmented block copolymer of polyethylene glycol and polybutylene terephtalate that contains bioactive ceramic particles or reinforcement fibers and optional porosity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a joint prosthesis system for the joining of two bones. The bioabsorbable joint prosthesis system includes at least one bioabsorbable spacer and at least one connector adapted to be fixedly attached to the two bones, at least a portion of the connector being in contact with the spacer to prevent lateral movement of the spacer. The present invention also includes embodiments drawn to methods of using the joint prosthesis system. In an embodiment of the present invention, the method includes interposing at least one bioabsorbable spacer between the surface of the bones to be joined and connecting the bones with at least one connector such that at least a part of the connector contacts the bioabsorbable spacer.

Abstract: This invention relates to bioabsorbable multi-layer two-dimensional composite devices and their method of manufacture by spot welding the layers of the device at designated points, which devices can easily be cut into any desirable form by a surgeon during operation on a patient.

Abstract: This invention describes a rigid layered composite material including a bioabsorbable plate layer and a bioabsorbable web layer for guided bone tissue regeneration, particularly suited for use in the treatment of cranial bone defects.