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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:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger K Khouri, St. Louis, MI (US);
Kuber T Sampath, Medway, MA (US);
David C Rueger, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Styker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ; A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424423 ; 424491 ; 623 11 ; 623 12 ; 623 16 ; 623 18 ; 623 20 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are matrix materials, methods, and devices for manufacture in vivo of autogenous replacement body parts comprising plural distinct tissues. In one embodiment, the replacement body part is a skeletal joint and the new plural distinct tissues include bone and articular cartilage.