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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:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald W. Johnson, Houston, TX (US);
Jeffrey W. Johnson, Sugarland, TX (US);
Lana Lea Johnson, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/12 ;
Abstract
A container for a tissue implantable solid filler material is disclosed. The filler material can be directly inserted into a cavity within the tissue or into a shell can be inserted into the cavity which either already contains the filler or has the filler added thereto during implantation. Methods for packaging the filler material are also disclosed.