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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2006
John M. Zanella, Cordova, TN (US);
Sean M. Haddock, Memphis, TN (US);
Catherine E. Taylor, Northeast Fridley, MN (US);
Kathryn J. Kitching, London, GB;
John M. Zanella, Cordova, TN (US);
Sean M. Haddock, Memphis, TN (US);
Catherine E. Taylor, Northeast Fridley, MN (US);
Kathryn J. Kitching, London, GB;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for enhancing ingrowth of host bone comprising: modifying a bone graft structure to provide an ionic gradient to produce a modified bone graft structure; and implanting the modified bone graft structure. The present invention also relates to a method of enhancing the binding of growth factors and cell cultures to a bone graft structure comprising: applying ex vivo an effective quantity of an ionic force change agent to the surface of a bone graft structure to produce a binding-sensitized bone graft structure; implanting the binding-sensitized bone graft structure into a host bone; and administering to the binding-sensitized bone graft structure a molecule, a cell culture or a combination thereof.