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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Joseph J. Hammer, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Joseph H. Contiliano, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Herbert Eugene Schwartz, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Joseph J. Hammer, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Joseph H. Contiliano, Stewartsville, NJ (US);
Herbert Eugene Schwartz, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to tissue scaffold implant devices useful in the repair and/or regeneration of diseased and/or damaged musculoskeletal tissue and that include a tissue scaffold component fixedly attached to a scaffold fixation component via at least one of sutures, fabrics, fibers, threads, elastomeric bands, reinforcing elements and interlocking protrusions for engaging and maintaining the scaffold component fixedly attached to the fixation component.