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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Kelsey Jean Carvell, Malden, MA (US);
Ruth Cheng, Natick, MA (US);
Graham Smith, Newburyport, MA (US);
Drew Burdon, North Yorkshire, GB;
Paul Alexander Torrie, Marblehead, MA (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/19 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61K 36/752 (2006.01); A61K 38/48 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/56 (2013.01); A61B 17/1604 (2013.01); A61B 17/1606 (2013.01); A61K 31/19 (2013.01); A61M 1/0023 (2013.01); A61M 1/0058 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61K 36/752 (2013.01); A61K 38/4873 (2013.01); A61M 2210/02 (2013.01); A61M 2210/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
The methods and devices disclosed herein are effective in the promoting the reattachment of delaminated cartilage to bone. The methods (and related devices) are effective in the removal of the acellular layer of the delaminated cartilage or effective in the indentation of the acellular layer of the delaminated cartilage thereby exposing the underlying chondrocyte cells and thereby allowing the promotion of the reattachment of the delaminated cartilage.