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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
May. 28, 1996
James McGregor, Glasgow, GB;
Paul W Watt, East Kilbride, GB;
Nicholas D Light, Perthshire, GB;
Wilson Harvey, Stirling, GB;
Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc., Arlington, TX (US);
Abstract
Absorbable implant materials having controlled porosity are formed by a method comprising the steps of: providing a dispersion of a bioabsorbable polymer, such as collagen, in a first solvent, such as water; adding particles of a second material, e.g. frozen water droplets or ice particles to the dispersion; followed by freezing the dispersion to form a frozen dispersion having the particles embedded therein, and removing both the first solvent and the second material from the frozen dispersion by freeze-drying or solvent extraction to leave the porous implant material. The invention also encompasses the use of such implant materials for wound healing applications.