Patent ID: 8002845
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method for soft tissue repair or augmentation wherein said method comprises the placement of hollow-cylinder pellets at a site where repair or augmentation is desired, wherein said pellets have a hollow conduit running therethrough, such that when the pellets are placed at the location where repair or augmentation is desired, fibrous tissue and its capillaries grow into the hollow conduits thereby preventing migration of the pellets, wherein the pellets are made from an inert physiologically non-reactive material; and wherein the pellets are smooth, have an outer diameter of 100 μm to 500 μm, an inner diameter of 50 μm to 300 μm, a length of 300 μm to 500 μm, a maximum ratio of inner diameter to outer diameter of 0.9 and are sufficiently uniform in dimension so that the pellets cannot nest one inside another.