Implantable medical devices for tendon and ligament repair: a review of patents and commercial products.
Marco CiveraEster Devietti GoggiaMatteo De RosVito BurgioFederica BergaminMariana Rodriguez ReinosoCecilia SuracePublished in: Expert review of medical devices (2022)
Commercially available products present overall superior mechanical performances than suture techniques. Nevertheless, these latter ones might be still preferred for their wider range of customization. This aspect, and many others, could represent an area of improvement for implantable medical devices, to further explore their potential for tendon and ligament repair.