US8980159B2

Methods for making artificial ligaments and tendons

University of Texas System

Abstract

Prosthetic ligaments and tendons comprising ligament- or tendon-mimicking nanofibers and methods of making such nanofibers and prosthetic ligaments and tendons.

University: University of Texas System
Assignee: Board Of Regents, The University Of Texas System
Inventor: Javier Macossay-Torres
Priority date: April 21, 2008
Filing date: March 27, 2012
Grant date: March 17, 2015
Publication date: March 17, 2015
Language: en
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