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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2001
Applicants:
Peter Geistlich, Stansstad, CH;
Lothar Schloesser, Darmstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Peter Geistlich, Stansstad, CH;
Lothar Schloesser, Darmstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Ed. Geistlich Soehne AG fuer Chemische Industrie, Wolhusen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/10 (2006.01); A61K 47/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A resorbable extracellular matrix for reconstruction of cartilage tissue includes a purified collagen II derived from natural cartilage tissue from which non-collagen proteins have been removed. The matrix can be utilized as a scaffold implant for meniscal or vertebral cartilage regeneration.