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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Subhash H. Risbud, Davis, CA (US);
Nancy E. Rashid, Davis, CA (US);
A. Hari Reddi, El Macero, CA (US);
Inventors:
Subhash H. Risbud, Davis, CA (US);
Nancy E. Rashid, Davis, CA (US);
A. Hari Reddi, El Macero, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01); C07K 17/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Hydroxyapatite is treated by a combination of nitridation and the application of bone morphogenetic protein or DNA encoding such a protein to improve the tissue compatibility and affinity of the hydroxyapatite, rendering the hydroxyapatite more useful as a material for biomedical implants.