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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:
Apr. 16, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Dowd, Bordentown, NJ (US);
Denis G Dyke, Long Branch, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Osteotech, Inc., Shrewsbury, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 16 ; 623 11 ; 623 66 ;
Abstract
Surgically implantable shaped materials, e.g., sheets, are fabricated from elongate bone particles, advantageously those that have been demineralized. The materials when applied to a bone repair site enhance or accelerate new bone ingrowth by any one of a variety of biological and/or mechanical mechanisms.
Published as:
CA2177017A1; WO9515776A1; US5507813A; EP0732947A1; JPH09506281A; EP0732947B1; ATE213958T1; DE69430069D1; DE69430069T2; ES2173946T3; JP3471359B2; CA2177017C;