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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:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/532 ; A61K 3/839 ; A61K 4/742 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/532 ; A61K 3/839 ; A61K 4/742 ;
Abstract
A resorbable extracellular matrix for reconstruction of cartilage tissue, the matrix being substantially free from non-native collagen, and including a purified collagen II material formed form natural cartilage and having fibers of native collagen II which are physiologically acceptable for implant into a mammalian body.