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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:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter M. Bonutti, Effingham, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Bonutti 2003 Trust A, Effingham, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 ;
Abstract
A method of using body tissue includes removing tissue from a donor site and separating at least one component from the tissue while maintaining the tissue cells in a viable condition. The viable tissue cells are then implanted in a patient. The tissue cells may be positioned on a structural support before implantation in a patient. The method may also include harvesting cancellous bone and extruding the cancellous bone cells while maintaining the cells in a viable condition.