	US 12,232,964 B2
	Bioabsorbable textiles and methods for joint function restoration
Stefano Agnello, Grotte (IT); Edward Ahn, Dover, MA (US); Matteo Centola, Padua (IT); Steven W. Ek, Bolton, MA (US); Stephen J. Kennedy, Hudson, NH (US); Matthew M. Mannarino, Burlington, MA (US); Elvira Marchetto, Abano Terme (IT); Sonali Puri, Ashland, MA (US); Robert Richard, Wakefield, RI (US); and Sara Simoncioni, Senigallia (IT)
Assigned to Anika Therapeutics, Inc., Bedford, MA (US)
Filed by Anika Therapeutics S.r.l., Padua (IT)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/456,901.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/120,232, filed on Dec. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0168105 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61L 27/20 (2006.01); A61L 27/32 (2006.01); A61L 27/58 (2006.01); D02G 3/44 (2006.01); D03D 1/00 (2006.01); D03D 19/00 (2006.01)

CPC A61F 2/30 (2013.01) [A61L 27/20 (2013.01); A61L 27/32 (2013.01); A61L 27/58 (2013.01); D02G 3/448 (2013.01); D03D 1/00 (2013.01); D03D 19/00 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30062 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); D10B 2331/04 (2013.01); D10B 2401/12 (2013.01); D10B 2509/00 (2013.01)]

7 Claims

1. A bioabsorbable textile for joint function restoration comprising polymeric yarns,

wherein at least one of said polymeric yarns comprises a hyaluronic acid derivative, and

the at least polymeric yarn having:

linear mass density from 30 tex to about 100 tex;

a breaking strength in the range from about 1 N to about 100 N; and

an extension at break from about 1% to about 30% and

wherein the bioabsorbable textile is a knitted structure or a leno-wave structure.