| US 7,611,653 B1 | ||
| Manufacturing and material processing for prosthetic devices | ||
| Jacob Jonathan Elsner, Kfar-Saba (Israel); Gal Zur, Petah Tiqwa (Israel); Avraham Shterling, Yarkona (Israel); and Noam Weissberg, Rishon-Lezion (Israel) | ||
| Assigned to Active Implants Corporation, Memphis, Tenn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 09, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/100,090. | ||
| Int. Cl. A61F 2/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 264—255 [623/901; 623/14.12] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A method of manufacturing a meniscus prosthetic device, comprising:
injection molding a core having an upper surface, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, and an outer surface disposed
between the upper and lower surfaces, the outer surface defining a plurality of recesses;
winding reinforcing fiber into at least one of the plurality of recesses of the outer surface; and
injection molding an outer portion around the outer surface and the reinforcing fibers to secure the reinforcing fibers therein.
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