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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. 22, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kevin R Stone, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Corsscart, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 20 ; 623 66 ; 623 11 ; 128898 ;
Abstract
The invention provides an article of manufacture comprising a substantially native xenogeneic knee meniscal cartilage heterografts for implantation into humans. The invention further provides a method for preparing a substantially native xenogeneic knee meniscal heterograft by removing at least a portion of a meniscus from a non-human animal to provide a heterograft; and washing the heterograft in saline and alcohol. In accordance with the invention the heterograft has substantially the same mechanical properties as the native xenogeneic meniscus.