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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sorin Siegler, Merion, PA (US);
Surya Kalidindi, Turnersville, NJ (US);
Abdel Abusafieh, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 11 ; 623 16 ; 524379 ;
Abstract
A method of anchoring soft tissue to bone is provided comprising providing a mixture of a hydrophobic monomer and a hydrophilic monomer and a crosslinking agent to form a swellable copolymer, adding a soft tissue attachment element to the mixture, wherein a portion of the soft tissue attachment element protrudes from the mixture, polymerizing the mixture to form the copolymer, implanting the copolymer into bone and attaching a soft tissue to the protruding portion of the attachment element to anchor the soft tissue to the bone.