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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2001
Ralph-heiko Mattern, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael D. Pierschbacher, San Diego, CA (US);
Fred Cahn, La Jolla, CA (US);
Juerg Friederich Tschopp, San Diego, CA (US);
Timothy Irvin Malaney, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Ralph-Heiko Mattern, San Diego, CA (US);
Michael D. Pierschbacher, San Diego, CA (US);
Fred Cahn, La Jolla, CA (US);
Juerg Friederich Tschopp, San Diego, CA (US);
Timothy Irvin Malaney, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Integra LifeSciences Corporation, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Abstract
Compositions of cross-linked collagen and a glycosaminoglycan are provided which retain characteristics rendering them useful as tissue engineering matrices or scaffolds following terminal sterilization. Also provided are methods for producing these compositions and terminally sterilized matrices or scaffolds from these compositions as well as methods of using these matrices or scaffolds as tissue engineering devices.