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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:
Oct. 14, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ernst Janzen, Laren, NL;
Matthias Johannes Hoekstra, Amstelveen, NL;
Richard P Dutrieux, Amsterdam, NL;
Leonardus Hermannus Damink, Vaals, NL;
Assignee:
Datascope Investment Corp., Montvale, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623-8 ; 623 11 ; 623 66 ; 128D / ; 424484 ;
Abstract
Soft tissue implants can be constructed by forming an outer membrane into a closed pouch and filling material in that pouch. A composition for use as a filler material in such a soft tissue implant may include elastin and collagen. The filling material has collagen as a component thereof, and this collagen can be cross-linked or not cross-linked. Methods of making such implants are described.