Patent ID: 9295531
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: A61C,A61F,A61L,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A biocompatible article having a surface comprising individual collagen fibrils that do not form part of a collagen fiber attached to said surface via one or more linker molecules, wherein each of said individual collagen fibrils is attached to at least one of said one or more linker molecules at a proximal end of the fibril, and wherein each of said individual collagen fibrils has a proximal portion extending from said proximal end to a point P along said fibril, wherein, for a majority of said fibrils, each fibril is oriented so as to form an angle α p in the range of 0° to 45° to the surface normal N at the point of attachment of said fibril through the one or more linker molecules to said surface.