IN SITU BIOPROSTHETIC FILLER AND METHODS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE IN SITU FORMATION OF VERTEBRAL DISC BIOPROSTHETICS
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    IN SITU BIOPROSTHETIC FILLER AND METHODS, PARTICULARLY FOR THE IN SITU FORMATION OF VERTEBRAL DISC BIOPROSTHETICS 有权
    人工生物填料和方法,特别是对于BANDSCHEIBENBIOPROTHESEN的原地地层

    公开(公告)号:EP1328220A2

    公开(公告)日:2003-07-23

    申请号:EP01984004.0

    申请日:2001-10-24

    申请人: CryoLife, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61F2/44

    摘要: Bioprosthetic devices (10) include an exterior biological tissue member (10-1) which at least partly defines a cavity, and a proteinaceous biopolymer (10-2) which fills the cavity, and intercalates and is chemically bound (fixed) to the tissue of the surrounding biological tissue member. In preferred forms, the bioprosthetic device (10) is a bioprosthetic vertebral disc, having a fibrillar outer annulus which surrounds and defines an interior cavity and is formed by removal of at least a substantial portion of the natural gelatinous core therefrom. The cavity defined by the fibrillar outer annulus may then be filled with a flowable proteinaceous biopolymer (10-2). Preferably, the proteinaceous biopolymer (10-2) is a liquid mixture comprised of human or animal-derived protein material and a di- or polyaldehyde, which are allowed to react in situ to form a cross-linked biopolymer within the cavity. The liquid mixture may be formed in advance of being introduced into the cavity, or may be formed simultaneously during introduction into the cavity.