Patent ID: 9456890
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: A61F,A61L

Claim Text:
1. A tissue scaffold for repair and regeneration of bone hard tissue or muscle, skin, or organ soft tissue, the scaffold comprising: a rigid scaffold body having a scaffold central axis, a scaffold transverse dimension, and a scaffold lengthwise dimension which is greater than the scaffold transverse dimension, the scaffold body having a compressive strength between about 20 and about 250 MPa and comprising: biocompatible inorganic glass fibers each having a fiber transverse dimension and a fiber lengthwise dimension which is at least about 10 times the fiber transverse dimension; and wherein each of the fibers has a diameter between about 20 and about 5000 microns; wherein at least about 75 vol % of the fibers are longitudinally co-aligned and lie generally lengthwise of the scaffold central axis, are generally free of helical orientation about the scaffold central axis, and are arranged to define open channels within the scaffold which allow fluid flow into and lengthwise within the scaffold; and wherein adjacent longitudinally co-aligned fibers are bonded together.