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

摘要

The present invention is directed to absorbable/biodegradable composite yarns, each comprising at least two types of fibrous components having distinctly different absorption and strength retention profiles and the use of these composite yarns to construct surgical implants, such as sutures and meshes with integrated physicochemical and biological properties, modulated through varying the individual yarn content and controlling the geometry of these constructs.