摘要:
A surgical material which is degradable and absorbable in vivo comprising a molecularly oriented molding of polylactic acid or a copolymer of lactic acid with glycolic acid, which has a compression bending strength of 1.6 x 103 to 2.5 x 103 kg/cm2, compression bending modulus of 5.5 x 102 to 24.0 x 102 kg/mm2, a crystallinity of 10 to 60 % as determined by densitometry, and a viscosity-average molecular weight of 200,000 or more after melt-molding, and which can maintain 80 % or more of the initial strength even after being dipped in physiological saline at 37°C for 3 months.
摘要:
A surgical material which is dea absorbable in vivo comprising a molecularly of polylactic acid or a copolymer of acid, which has a compression bending strength at to 10 3 to 2.5 x 103 kg/cm 2 , compression bending models of 5 5 102 to 24.0 x 10 2 kg/mm 2 , a crystallinity of 10 to be as determined by densitometry, and a viscosity-average molecular weight of 200,000 or more after melt-molding and which can maintain 80 % or more of the initial strength even after being dipped in physiological saline at 370 for 3 months.
摘要:
A composite porous object which comprises a biodegradable and bioabsorbable polymer containing bioactive bioceramic particles dispersed therein, the composite porous object having in inner parts thereof large voids 1 having a void diameter of 40-600 µm and small voids 2 having a void diameter of 1 µm or smaller, at least part of the large voids 1 and at least part of the small voids 2 constituting interconnected voids. The small voids 2 are formed in the biodegradable and bioabsorbable polymer walls 3 which surround the large voids 1 and in the surface of the walls 3. It is preferred that 40% or more of all voids constitute interconnected voids. The walls 3 surrounding the large voids 1 in the composite porous object are progressively replaced by bone tissues conducting from the surface of the walls (internal surface of the large voids 1) to inner parts of the walls and by bone tissues conducting from the internal surface of the small voids 2 in the walls 3 toward surrounding parts. The degree of replacement by bone tissues is hence high, and the composite porous object is almost wholly replaced by bone tissues in the living body in a relatively short time period.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a biomaterial for an artificial cartilage that eliminates the risk of possible adverse effects due to scattering of fragments of the biodegradable and bioabsorbable polymers and is joined further solidly to vertebral bodies and the like with increased adhesiveness. The biomaterial for an artificial cartilage according to the present invention includes: an organized structure comprising organic fibers arranged in one of a multiaxial three-dimensional woven or knitted structure having three or more axes and a combined structure of the woven structure and the knitted structure; and a biodegradable and bioabsorbable pin provided inside the organized structure, two ends of the pin becoming projected from upper and lower surfaces of the organized structure upon compression on the organized structure from above and below, each of the upper and lower surfaces or either one of the surfaces of the organized structure having a superficial portion of a soft layer that is softer than the other portion of the organized structure, part or all of the organic fibers of the superficial portion being coated with a biodegradable and bioabsorbable polymer complex containing bioactive bioceramic powder. Adhesiveness with vertebral bodies and the like is increased by making the superficial portion(s) of the organized structure as a soft layer, the scattering of the polymers is prevented by coating the organic fibers of the superficial portion with the above complex, and the solid joint to vertebral bodies and the like is achieved.