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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:
Dec. 23, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dan Lundgren, Hovas, SE;
Assignee:
Guidor AB, Huddinge, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424435 ; 424422 ; 424423 ; 424426 ; 623 11 ;
Abstract
A surgical element for guided and controlled tissue regeneration and method for selective tissue regeneration. The elements disclosed include embodiments containing protrusions on at least one side of a sheet of element material for separating the implanted element from an adjacent surface, and other embodiments comprising multiple layers of element material with internal spacer means separating the layers. Also disclosed is a method for treating supporting tissues adjacent to teeth and dental implants, the method comprising the use of a surgical element for selected influence on the growth of alveolar bone and periodontal ligament tissues.