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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
May. 01, 2006
Applicants:
Susan J. Drapeau, Cordova, TN (US);
Kathy L. Chamness, Memphis, TN (US);
William F. Mckay, Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Susan J. Drapeau, Cordova, TN (US);
Kathy L. Chamness, Memphis, TN (US);
William F. McKay, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Described are medical implant devices that include particulate collagen and particulate demineralized bone matrix. These and potentially other materials are held together in a three-dimensionally stable structure such as a porous, resilient sheet, by an ionically-crosslinked polysaccharide gel. Also described are methods for making and using such medical devices.