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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. 28, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2003
Applicants:
Victor F. Janas, Monroe Township, NJ (US);
Kevor S. Tenhuisen, Clinton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Victor F. Janas, Monroe Township, NJ (US);
Kevor S. Tenhuisen, Clinton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61J 7/00 (2006.01); C03C 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to resorbable glass scaffolds for use in biological applications and methods for making same. Specifically, these scaffolds are composed of phosphate glass fibers, where the rate of dissolution into biological fluids is controlled by the length of time the glass is held above its melt temperature prior to spinning the fiber.