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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Keith Dip Kei Luk, Pokfulam, HK;
Dike Ruan, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Keith Dip Kei Luk, Pokfulam, HK;
Dike Ruan, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CN;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 1/00 (2006.01); A01N 1/02 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/02 (2006.01); C12N 5/07 (2010.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A natural spinal disk including adjacent vertebral structures is removed from a deceased donor, rinsed in normal saline, preserved in a cryopreservative solution, and then frozen by gradually decreasing the temperature using liquid nitrogen or similar method. The implant may be thawed in normal saline solution and then implanted in a patient in need of a vertebral disk replacement.