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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:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takeaki Miyamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Tadashi Kokubo, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Saitama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 ; A61F 1/300 ; A61F 9/14 ; A61F 2/28 ; A61F 2/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 ; A61F 1/300 ; A61F 9/14 ; A61F 2/28 ; A61F 2/36 ;
Abstract
A novel polymeric material for artificial bones, comprising a solid or gel-form base containing, as the main component, either a polysaccharide having carboxyl groups or their derivatives, or a polysaccharide having carboxyl groups or their derivatives, introduced into it, which also has calcium ions bonded thereto, and shows excellent ability to form apatite.