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| 20080234730 | Fixation Devices and Method of Repair - In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a surgical device including an anchor body having an opening, the anchor body having a copolymer composition including polylactide-co-glycolide and calcium carbonate, wherein the calcium carbonate comprises more than 30% but less than 40% of the weight of the composition; and a flexible member passing through the opening, wherein deformation of the device occurs at body temperature. The present disclosure also relates to an oriented polymer material having a copolymer composition including a polylactide-co-glycolide and calcium carbonate, the calcium carbonate comprising more than 30% but less than 40% of the weight of the composition, wherein the material changes shape upon introduction to an environment having a temperature that is lower than a relaxation temperature of the material. A method of repairing soft tissue and other surgical devices are also disclosed. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20100069547 | Shape Memory Polymers Containing Degradation Accelerant - The present disclosure relates to a polymer composition including a lactic acid based polymer material and a fatty acid, wherein the polymer material includes shape memory qualities. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100136648 | Expansion Moulding of Shape Memory Polymers - The present invention relates to shape memory materials and to a method for controlling shape change in shape memory materials. In particular, the invention relates to a method and a system for forming complex shapes from shape memory materials and to shape memory materials having complex shapes. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100145448 | Graft Fixation - The present disclosure relates to an anchor for fixating a tissue graft to bone. The anchor includes a through hole extending an entire length of the anchor and a polymer composition having shape memory qualities. Other anchors and methods for fixating a tissue graft to bone are also disclosed. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100152735 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSTALLING AND REMOVING AN EXPANDABLE POLYMER - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for installing shape memory polymers relative to orthopedic implants. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100262144 | PROSTHETIC IMPLANTS - The present disclosure relates to prosthetic implants, components of prosthetic implants, and methods of fixating the components to one another and, especially fixation of the implants to bone. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100280559 | ORIENTATED POLYMERIC DEVICES - The present disclosure relates to a shape memory polymer material containing at least one two dimensional region having a first amount of stored stress in a first direction and a second amount of stored stress higher than the first amount of stored stress in a second direction, wherein the two dimensional region is capable of changing shape in only one of the first or second directions. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100318085 | INTERNAL FIXATION DEVICES - The present disclosure relates to an internal fixation device including an interface portion, a polymer material coupled to the interface portion, wherein the polymer material includes at least one feature on a surface of the polymer material, and means for allowing adequate expansion of the polymer material on each side of the bone fracture site. A method of fixating the internal fixation device to a bone and other internal fixation devices and methods for fixating are also disclosed. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110144751 | Multi-Modal Shape Memory Polymers - The present disclosure relates to a multi-modal shape memory polymer material comprising a blend of at least one polymer component having a first molecular weight and at least a second polymer component having a second molecular weight that is less than the first component. | 06-16-2011 |
