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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. 05, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
University of London, London, GB;
University of Florida Research Foundation, Gainsevill, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; C08K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
523113 ; 523114 ; 523115 ; 524414 ; 524494 ; 524583 ; 524586 ; 524791 ; 623 13 ; 623 / ; 623 / ; 623 / ;
Abstract
Composites suitable for use as prostheses for attachment to soft tissues, such as cartilage, tendons, skin, tympanic membrane and gingiva, as well as to cancellous or trabecular bone, are based on combination of a polyolefinic binder with certain bioactive glass materials. The composites bond actively with soft tissues and are readily formulated achieve mechanical properties comparable to those of the soft tissue of interest.