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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 24, 2018
Applicants:

Davol Inc., Warwick, RI (US);

University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Peter Maughan Crapo, North Kingstown, RI (US);

Devang Vijay Shah, Franklin, MA (US);

Stephen F. Badylak, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

George Hussey, Cranberry Township, PA (US);

Catalina Pineda Molina, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Brian Sicari, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/54 (2006.01); A61K 31/191 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); A61L 27/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61K 31/191 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61L 27/58 (2013.01); A61L 2300/21 (2013.01); A61L 2300/404 (2013.01); A61L 2430/30 (2013.01); A61L 2430/34 (2013.01);
Abstract

Articles and methods involving soft tissue repair implants comprising 2-hydroxybutyrate, 3-hydroxybutyrate, 4-hydroxybutyrate, and/or their conjugate acids are generally provided. The 2-hydroxybutyrate, 3-hydroxybutyrate, 4-hydroxybutyrate, and/or the conjugate acid(s) of 2-hydroxybutyrate, 3-hydroxybutyrate, and 4-hydroxybutyrate may be provided in a therapeutically-effective amount for reducing or preventing microbial infection.


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