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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. 15, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rita Kandel, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Mount Sinai Hospital Corporation, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 ;
Abstract
A biological material comprising a continuous layer of cartilaginous tissue reconstituted in vitro which contains components associated with cartilage mineralization. The biological material may be cultured with a mineralizing agent to form a mineralized biological material. The mineralized biological material is characterized by having a biochemical composition and physiological organization substantially similar to the deep and contiguous calcified cartilage zones of articular cartilage found in animals in vivo. Methods for preparing the biological materials and methods of using the biological materials are described.