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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Chin-feng Yi, Somerville, NJ (US);
Anna Gosiewska, Skillman, NJ (US);
Susan Roweton, Mason, OH (US);
Inventors:
Chin-Feng Yi, Somerville, NJ (US);
Anna Gosiewska, Skillman, NJ (US);
Susan Roweton, Mason, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01); C12N 11/02 (2006.01); C12N 11/08 (2006.01); C12N 5/06 (2006.01); C12N 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device and method for tissue engineering is disclosed. More particularly this invention relates to a bioabsorbable device and a method of its use which promotes controlled new tissue in-growth into voids or cavities occupied by the device as portions of the device are selectively absorbed within a host thereby minimizing collapse of surrounding, pre-existing host tissue into the engineered site.