Patent ID: 7338531
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
1. A prosthesis comprising a unitary body of predetermined shape having structural integrity, the body including an anchorage body portion for attachment to an anatomical body part, and being composed of a combination of binding yarns and one or more tensile load bearing filaments, the binding yarns being located in said anchorage body portion and being interconnected to one another by sewn stitches, the one or more tensile load bearing filaments being located in between said stitches so as to be constrained to extend through said unitary body along predetermined pathways extending in one or more predetermined directions so as to render the body resistant to stretch when a tensile load is applied in said one or more predetermined directions, the body further including a first aperture and a second aperture, the one or more load bearing filaments extending in a looped fashion about said first and second apertures along a fully continuous circuitous route including more than one continuous circuit to define a chain link.