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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Christopher J. Calhoun, San Diego, CA (US);
G. Bryan Cornwall, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher J. Calhoun, San Diego, CA (US);
G. Bryan Cornwall, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kensey Nash Corporation, Exton, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Resorbable polymer barrier membranes and methods of their applications are disclosed. In a broad embodiment, methods of governing bone growth, or preventing bone growth into a certain spatial area, includes the step of forming a spatial barrier with the present resorbable barrier membrane. The barrier membrane separates a bone-growth area and a non-bone-growth area, and prevents bone from growing into the non-growth area.