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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:
Jun. 24, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen F Badylak, W. Lafayette, IN (US);
Sherry Voytik, Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignees:
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424551 ; 623 11 ; 623 16 ;
Abstract
A method for repairing damaged or diseased bone is described. The method comprises the step of implanting into the damaged or diseased region a bone graft composition in powder form, the composition comprising the tunica submucosa delaminated from the tunica muscularis and at least the luminal portion of the tunica mucosa of a segment of vertebrate intestine.