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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2005
Applicants:
John R Bianchi, Gainesville, FL (US);
Wesley I Lewis, Archer, FL (US);
Inventors:
John R Bianchi, Gainesville, FL (US);
Wesley I Lewis, Archer, FL (US);
Assignee:
RTI Biologics, Inc., Alachua, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to bone block assemblies suitable for binding to a soft tissue to form an implantable graft, and to such implantable grafts. A particularly preferred graft is a bone-tendon-bone graft. In its simplest aspect, the present invention is directed to an intermediate bone block comprising a machined segment of cortical bone, cancellous bone or both.