公开(公告)号：US20200261622A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-20

申请号：US16794655

申请日：2020-02-19

Applicant: University of Connecticut

Inventor： Bryant Heimbach ,  Mei Wei

IPC: A61L27/44 ,  A61L27/36 ,  C08L67/04 ,  C08J5/04 ,  A61L27/12

Abstract: A load-bearing bone fixation composite includes a polymer matrix, a plurality of polymer fibers aligned along a common axis and disposed in the polymer matrix, wherein the polymer matrix binds the surface of the polymer fibers, and a plurality of high aspect ratio nanorods coating at least a portion of each of the polymer fibers, wherein the long axis of at least a portion of the nanorods is aligned with the common axis, and wherein the high aspect nanorods have an aspect ratio of 10 or greater. Further included is a bone fixation device including the foregoing composite. A method of bone fixation comprises affixing the foregoing composite to a site of a load-bearing bone fracture, or maxillofacial bone fracture. Also included are methods of making the composites.