Patent ID: 8114156
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An implantable meniscus for the repair or replacement of damaged cartilage in the orthopedic surgical repair of a patient's articulating joint comprising: flexible compliant ceramic fibers formed together into a rope-like structure, the rope-like structure having a proximal end, a distal end, and an outer surface extending along the proximal and distal ends, the rope-like structure is coiled into a pad configuration, wherein the proximal and distal ends of the structure are completely placed into an interior of the pad, said pad is fixed together so as to create a dimensionally stable, and flexibly compliant ceramic prosthetic meniscus and; wherein a section of the outer surface of the rope-like structure is abutting another section of the outer surface of the rope-like structure.