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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:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Radomsky, San Diego, CA (US);
Mohammad A. Heidaran, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Acromed, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1715 ; C08B 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/1715 ; C08B 3/700 ;
Abstract
A composition is provided for treating diseased, injured or diseased cartilage comprising hyaluronic acid and a growth factor. The composition has a viscosity and biodegradability sufficient to persist at the site for a period of time sufficient to alleviate the symptoms of the disease, injury or abnormality. Preferably hyaluronic acid is used in a composition range of 0.01-4% by weight and the preferred growth factor is IGF-I, present in a concentration range of about 10 to 100 mg/ml.