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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. 26, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
LinShu Liu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert Spiro, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Assignee:
Orquest, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424486 ; 424 783 ; 525 541 ; 525 542 ; 527205 ; 530402 ; 530411 ;
Abstract
A matrix and a method for preparing it are provided to support the growth of tissue, such as bone, cartilage or soft tissue. A polysaccharide is reacted with an oxidizing agent to open sugar rings on the polysaccharide to form aldehyde groups. The aldehyde groups are reacted to form covalent linkages to collagen.
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