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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Hugo A. Pedrozo, Silver Lake, IN (US);
Matthew N. Widmer, Genoa, OH (US);
Inventors:
Hugo A. Pedrozo, Silver Lake, IN (US);
Matthew N. Widmer, Genoa, OH (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An orthopaedic implant includes a porous structure made of a type I collagen matrix having at least one sheet of a naturally occurring extracellular matrix secured thereto. Methods of making and using such an implant are also disclosed.