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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2006
Applicants:
Pamela Lynn Plouhar, South Bend, IN (US);
Prasanna Malaviya, Mason, OH (US);
Joe W. Ferguson, Warsaw, IN (US);
Mora Carolynne Melican, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Pamela Lynn Plouhar, South Bend, IN (US);
Prasanna Malaviya, Mason, OH (US);
Joe W. Ferguson, Warsaw, IN (US);
Mora Carolynne Melican, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Assignee:
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Bioprosthetic devices for soft tissue attachment, reinforcement, or construction are provided. The devices comprise a sheet of naturally occurring extracellular matrix and a sheet of synthetic mesh coupled to the naturally occurring extracellular matrix portion.