Device Dossier

LARS - Soft Tissues - Tendons and Ligaments - Ligament prosthesis, non-absorbable

Device Dossier for LARS - Soft Tissues - Tendons and Ligaments - Ligament prosthesis, non-absorbable (Ligament prosthesis, non-absorbable, Class III,…

Intended purpose

A device intended for the reconstruction and reinforcement of tendons and ligaments. LARS devices are intended for use in patients with a mature and healthy bone structure to reinforce and/or reconstruct soft tissues.

Functional description

Made from PET fabric roll LARS is a synthetic ligament designed to be used as a scaffold or to augment a soft tissue graft to mimic the normal anatomic ligament fibres. The device incorporates intra-articular fibres to resist fatigue and torsion and allow fibroblastic in-growth and encapsulation, as well as extra-articular fibres to provide strength and resistance to elongation. Traction threads are included to facilitate the positioning of the implant in its target site, these are not implanted

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