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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert S Mallouk, Chadds Ford, PA (US);
William P Mortimer, Jr, New Castle, DE (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
521 85 ; 4332011 ; 4332121 ; 424 78 ; 521145 ; 521919 ; 523115 ; 523451 ; 524417 ; 623 10 ; 623 16 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides for a bone growth material for filling in defects or hollow portions of bones to be ingrown by and coalesce with bone tissues wherein the bone growth material is comprised of expanded PTFE and calcium phosphate.