| 摘要 |
A synthetic ligament assembly 22 comprises an elongate woven ligament scaffold 26 which can be located in a tunnel in a bone. The scaffold 26 comprises a plurality of warps 30 and a plurality of wefts 32. A region 34 of the scaffold between opposed ends is free from wefts 32. An inner component 24 is located in an internal space 40 of the scaffold 26 and is treated to promote the in-growth of tissue following implantation. The assembly further comprises a toggle 28 having a bone facing surface 44. The scaffold 26 is folded in the weftless region 34 to form an eye 46 which receives the toggle 28 so that warps 30 in the weftless region 34 pass around part of a perimeter of the toggle 28. The scaffold 26 and the inner component 24 are securable in the bone tunnel by contact between the bone facing surface 44 of the toggle 28 and a surface of the bone. In another embodiment, the assembly comprises a looped support for harvested tissue that is located within the bone tunnel in situ. |
