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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:
Feb. 12, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karl A Piez, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Bruce B Pharriss, Palo Alto, CA (US);
George H Chu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Thomas L Smestad, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Diana Hendricks, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Collagen Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B27N / ; D04H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264109 ; 264102 ; 264241 ; 264273 ; 264279 ; 264 16 ; 623 66 ; 623901 ; 427-2 ; 604 76 ; 604 92 ;
Abstract
A process for coating the pores of a mineral matrix with collagen by pumping collagen through the molded matrix is disclosed. The resulting coated matrix can be used as a prosthesis in bone repair.