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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:
May. 28, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jane S Tjia, Malden, MA (US);
Brian D Kelley, Medford, MA (US);
Richard P Northey, Ipswich, MA (US);
C Michael Philbrook, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Genetics Institute, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424426 ; 528495 ; 264321 ; 623 16 ;
Abstract
A formulation is disclosed comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable admixture of an osteogenic protein and a sponge of porous particulate polymer matrix. The sponge may be prepared by treating the porous particulate polymer matrix with a suitable fusing material such as ethanol and a surfactant such as a polysorbate.