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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2006
Arthur A. Gertzman, Flemington, NJ (US);
Barbara L. Merboth, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Michael Schuler, Princeton, NJ (US);
Anton J. Steiner, Wharton, NJ (US);
Eric J. Semler, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Judith I. Yannariello-brown, Somerset, NJ (US);
Arthur A. Gertzman, Flemington, NJ (US);
Barbara L. Merboth, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Michael Schuler, Princeton, NJ (US);
Anton J. Steiner, Wharton, NJ (US);
Eric J. Semler, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Judith I. Yannariello-Brown, Somerset, NJ (US);
Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Edison, NJ (US);
Abstract
A sterile implant for treatment of a spinal disc defect comprising an allograft cortical bone demineralized to a Type I collagen having a specific shape which is treated to eliminate osteoinductivity. The implant is lyophilized and compressed into smaller first shape which 20 to 80% from its original shape in at least one dimension and hardened. The implant expanding when hydrated into a second shape having the shape memory of the first shape and expanded in dimensional size from the first compressed shape.