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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:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Kelly R. Brown, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Mora C. Melican, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Iksoo Chun, Flemngton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Kelly R. Brown, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Mora C. Melican, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Iksoo Chun, Flemngton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a biomedical, biocompatible, polymeric foam scaffold suitable for use in the repair and regeneration of tissue and which contains located therein a network of, branched channels that are effective to encourage and facilitate vascularization and tissue growth within the scaffold and to methods for making such biomedical scaffolds.