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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Vivex Biomedical, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Harry Thomas Temple, Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
Vivex Biomedical, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 35/32 (2015.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/19 (2006.01); A61B 17/88 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61L 24/00 (2006.01); A61L 24/10 (2006.01); A61L 27/36 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 35/32 (2013.01); A61B 17/7061 (2013.01); A61B 17/8805 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61K 9/0019 (2013.01); A61K 9/0085 (2013.01); A61K 9/19 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61L 24/0015 (2013.01); A61L 24/106 (2013.01); A61L 27/3612 (2013.01); A61L 27/3658 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61B 2017/564 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4435 (2013.01); A61L 2300/418 (2013.01); A61L 2400/06 (2013.01); A61L 2430/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel way to replenish the disc using retooled disc compositions to repair degenerative discs. There is no better source of proteoglycans than the actual disc material () itself. To this end, there has been developed a technique to remove the nucleus pulposus and retool the morphology of the nucleus pulposus to create a powder material () that is dry and can be stored at room temperature for long periods of time. This powder () can then be reconstituted with a variety of fluids, the most suitable being normal saline or lactated ringers to form a flowable mixture ().