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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2004
Christopher James Damien, Newtown, PA (US);
Heather Ann Beam, Penndel, PA (US);
Gerry Ann Oster, Langhorne, PA (US);
Frederick S. Wright, Ardmore, PA (US);
Gonzalo Serafica, Langhorne, PA (US);
Christopher James Damien, Newtown, PA (US);
Heather Ann Beam, Penndel, PA (US);
Gerry Ann Oster, Langhorne, PA (US);
Frederick S. Wright, Ardmore, PA (US);
Gonzalo Serafica, Langhorne, PA (US);
Synthes (USA), West Chester, PA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to dura substitutes to be used as prostheses for dural defects in the field of neurosurgery and processes for producing the same. The present invention provides artificial dura mater materials comprising sheets of microbial-derived polysaccharide processed to have the necessary strength characteristics, conformability and physical properties.