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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Craig D. Friedman, Westport, CT (US);
Arindam Datta, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Craig D. Friedman, Westport, CT (US);
Arindam Datta, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Biomerix Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to the repair of spinal annular defects. An appartatus comprises a scaffold comprised of a biodurable, resiliently compressible, elastomeric reticulated composition to obliterate spinal/vertabral connective tissue defects, to obliterate spinal-annular nuclear tissue defects, and for spinal annulo-nucleoplasty regeneration. The apparatus comprises an at least partially cylindrical member.