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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. 27, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wenda C. Carlyle, Petaluma, CA (US);
Avrom M. Brendzel, Roseville, MN (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/24 ;
Abstract
A prosthesis is formed from a biocompatible material having one or more associated cell adhesion stimulating proteins. The biocompatible material can be a ceramic material or a carbon coated material. The cell adhesion stimulating protein can be a structural protein or a polypeptide growth factor, such as vascular endothelial growth factor. Viable cells can be adhered in vivo or in vitro to the biocompatible material with the cell adhesion stimulating protein.