A sterile shaped prosthetic device, suitable for insertion into a mammalian body, is at least partly composed of a bioresorbable material that is digestible by macrophages, its surface properties favor the attachment and adhesion of fibroblast cells capable of producing collagen for organized connective tissues, and the material itself or its degradation products can induce in vivo the formation of new capillary vessels (termed a "vasotropic" effect herein). Preferred prosthetic devices have through passages, the interspatial dimensions which are sufficient to permit several layers of mammalian cells to form within each passage. The invading fibroblast cells commence formation of collagen leading to connective tissue while macrophages and extracellular enzymes degrade the material, and newly formed capillary vessels penetrate the prosthesis and provide blood containing oxygen and nutrients which further the formation of organized tissue around as well as within the prosthetic device.
适用于插入哺乳动物体内的无菌形状假体装置至少部分由
生物可吸收材料组成,这种材料可被巨噬细胞消化,其表面特性有利于能够产生
胶原蛋白的成纤维细胞的附着和粘附,从而形成有组织的结缔组织,而且材料本身或其降解产物可诱导体内新毛细血管的形成(此处称为 "血管扩张 "效应)。首选的假体装置具有通孔,其空间尺寸足以让哺乳动物细胞在每个通孔内形成几层。侵入的成纤维细胞开始形成
胶原蛋白,形成结缔组织,同时巨噬细胞和细胞外酶降解这些材料,新形成的毛细血管穿透假体,提供含有
氧气和营养物质的血液,进一步在假体装置周围和内部形成有组织的组织。