Patent ID: 8172901
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: A61F,D04B,D10B

Abstract:
1. A prosthetic device comprising: at least two knitted sections, each knitted section including at least one row of fiber; and at least one section disposed between the at least two knitted sections, the at least one section disposed between the at least two knitted sections comprising at least one single continuous fiber traversing the at least one section disposed between the at least two knitted sections and the at least two knitted sections, the at least one single continuous fiber forming a plurality of traverses extending between the at least two knitted sections, wherein the at least two knitted sections and the at least one single continuous fiber comprise sericin extracted silk fibroin fibers in a form of a yarn and wherein the sericin extracted silk fibroin fibers are substantially non-antigenic.