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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2002
Prasanna Malaviya, Ft. Wayne, IN (US);
Mora C. Melican, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Alireza Rezania, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Iksoo Chun, Flemmington, NJ (US);
Prasanna Malaviya, Ft. Wayne, IN (US);
Mora C. Melican, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Alireza Rezania, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Iksoo Chun, Flemmington, NJ (US);
DePuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
Methods of making a hybrid biologic/synthetic scaffold for repairing damaged or diseased tissue are provided. The methods include the step of suspending pieces of an extracellular matrix material in a liquid to form a slurry, and coating a synthetic mat with the slurry, or mixing or layering the slurry with a synthetic polymer solution. The liquid is subsequently driven off so as to form a foam. Porous implantable scaffolds fabricated by such a method are also disclosed.