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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
May. 20, 2002
Applicants:
Barbara L. Merboth, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Moon Hae Sunwoo, Old Tappan, NJ (US);
Arthur A. Gertzman, Stony Point, NY (US);
Inventors:
Barbara L. Merboth, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Moon Hae Sunwoo, Old Tappan, NJ (US);
Arthur A. Gertzman, Stony Point, NY (US);
Assignee:
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Edison, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is directed toward an osteoimplant for application to a bone defect site to promote new bone growth at the site which comprises a new bone growth inducing composition of demineralized allograft bone material mixed with an aqueous phosphate buffered gelatin which when lyophilized to remove water from the composition cross links the gelatin to form a solid structure.