ABSORBABLE/BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITE YARNS AND PROPERTY-MODULATED SURGICAL IMPLANTS THEREFROM

摘要

Absorbable/biodegradable composite yarns contain at least two types of fibrous components having distinctly different absorption and strength retention profiles and are useful in constructing surgical implants, such as sutures and meshes with integrated physicochemical and biological properties, wherein these properties are modulated through varying the individual yarn content and controlling the geometry of these constructs.