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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2002
Heather Ann Beam, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Thomas J. Bradbury, Yardley, PA (US);
Kathleen D. Chesmel, Cream Ridge, NJ (US);
Christopher M. Gaylo, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Alfred Anthony Litwak, Manasquan, NJ (US);
Qing Liu, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Peter Albert Materna, Metuchen, NJ (US);
Donald Monkhouse, Radnor, PA (US);
Jennifer Patterson, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy J. Pryor, Yardley, PA (US);
Sunil Saini, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Henry Leon Surprenant, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Chen-chao Wang, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Thomas George West, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Jaedeok Yoo, West Orange, NJ (US);
Heather Ann Beam, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Thomas J. Bradbury, Yardley, PA (US);
Kathleen D. Chesmel, Cream Ridge, NJ (US);
Christopher M. Gaylo, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Alfred Anthony Litwak, Manasquan, NJ (US);
Qing Liu, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Peter Albert Materna, Metuchen, NJ (US);
Donald Monkhouse, Radnor, PA (US);
Jennifer Patterson, Seattle, WA (US);
Timothy J. Pryor, Yardley, PA (US);
Sunil Saini, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Henry Leon Surprenant, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Chen-Chao Wang, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Thomas George West, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Jaedeok Yoo, West Orange, NJ (US);
Therics, LLC, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
An engineered regenerative biostructure (erb) for implantation into a human body as a bone substitute, which includes an internal microstructure, mesostructure and/or macrostructure to provide improved bone in-growth, and methods for making the erb. Under one aspect of the invention, the biostructure has resorbable and nonresorbable regions. Under another aspect of the invention, the biostructure is constructed of hydroxyapatite, tricalcium phosphate and/or demineralized bone. Under yet another aspect of the invention, the porous biostructure is partially or fully infused with a resorbable, nonresorbable or dissolvable material.