Patent ID: 8188229

Claim:
A method for creating a biocompatible polymer implant suitable for implantation into a living being comprising the steps of: a. providing a vessel containing a low concentration slurry, said slurry providing a plurality of polymer fibers, a particulate and at least one suspension fluid wherein the fibers and particulate are substantially evenly dispersed and randomly oriented throughout the volume of suspension fluid; b. applying a gyroscopic force to said vessel containing said slurry, whereupon said gyroscopic force serves to cause said polymer fibers and particulate to migrate through, and flocculate within said suspension fluid creating clumps of interlaced fibers containing the particulate; and c. exposing said interlaced, flocculated fibrous clumps containing particulate to a force that extracts at least a portion of said suspension fluid, thereby allowing the fibers of the interlaced, flocculated clumps to become interlocked with one another.