摘要 |
<p>A method of manufacturing an artificial ligament device, which may be a ligament augmentation device, a delivery device for an autologous graft, or a prosthetic ligament, comprises securing a plurality of tows (11) of biocompatible material side-by-side in a flat elongate array (13), as by light braiding (12), looping the tows back at one end of the device to form an eye (14) with the tows grouped together round the eye, and applying whipping (15) round the grouped tows around the eye.</p> |