US 12,070,384 B2
Composite scaffold for the repair, reconstruction, and regeneration of soft tissues
Kevin A. Rocco, New Haven, CT (US); Bhavana Mohanraj, Philadelphia, PA (US); Jeffrey Ott, New Haven, CT (US); Justin Bendigo, Reading, PA (US); Jacob Edward Komenda, New Haven, CT (US); Mark Theodore Aronson, Midlothian, VA (US); and Andrew James Carter, Stow, MA (US)
Assigned to CONMED Corporation, Largo, FL (US)
Filed by CONMED Corporation, Largo, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/079,345.
Application 18/079,345 is a continuation of application No. 17/407,956, filed on Aug. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,523,895.
Application 17/407,956 is a continuation of application No. 16/785,518, filed on Feb. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,096,776, issued on Aug. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/970,620, filed on Feb. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/802,391, filed on Feb. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0181308 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/14 (2006.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/24 (2006.01); A61L 27/26 (2006.01); A61L 27/48 (2006.01); A61L 27/52 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); A61L 27/58 (2006.01); D06N 3/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/34 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); D04B 21/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/08 (2013.01) [A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61L 27/14 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/24 (2013.01); A61L 27/26 (2013.01); A61L 27/48 (2013.01); A61L 27/52 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61L 27/58 (2013.01); D06N 3/0043 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0068 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0081 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0004 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0057 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0061 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61L 27/34 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61L 2430/10 (2013.01); D04B 21/12 (2013.01); D10B 2509/08 (2013.01); Y10T 428/249921 (2015.04); Y10T 428/249978 (2015.04); Y10T 442/2484 (2015.04); Y10T 442/419 (2015.04)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A scaffold occupying a measurable volume comprising:
a three-dimensional support structure defined by first and second outer layers separated by an interior space, and
a plurality of spacer yarns extending through the interior space and connecting the first and second outer layers; and
a microporous matrix having a multitude of interconnected pores collectively defining void space having a void space surface area disposed within the interior space between the first and second outer layers;
wherein the void space surface area to measurable volume of the scaffold is between approximately 500 cm2/cm3 and 7,000 cm2/cm3.