Textile prosthesis

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7338531
APP PUB NO 20040078089A1
SERIAL NO

10398883

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A textile prosthesis comprising a unitary body of predetermined shape having structural integrity, the body including at least one anchorage body portion for attachment to an anatomical body part, the body being composed of a combination of binding yarns and tensile load bearing filaments, the binding yarns being located at least in the or in each of said anchorage body portions and being interconnected to one another by sewn stitches, the tensile load bearing filaments being located inbetween said stitches so as to be constrained to extend through said unitary body along predetermined pathways extending in one or more predetermined directions so as to render the body resistance to stretch when a tensile load is applied in said one or more predetermined directions.

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NUVASIVE INC7475 LUSK BLVD SAN DIEGO CA 92121

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Butcher, Peter Nottingham NG3 2AP, GB 20 775
Ellis, Julian Nottingham NG3 2AP, GB 17 458
McLeod, Alan Somerset TA1 1RY, GB 24 923

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