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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2006
Myron Spector, Brookline, MA (US);
Peter Geistlich, Stansstad, CH;
Lothar Schloesser, Darmstadt, DE;
Roland Jakob, Moetier, CH;
Jean-francois Clemence, Gisikon, CH;
Myron Spector, Brookline, MA (US);
Peter Geistlich, Stansstad, CH;
Lothar Schloesser, Darmstadt, DE;
Roland Jakob, Moetier, CH;
Jean-Francois Clemence, Gisikon, CH;
Ed. Geistlich Soehne AG fuer Chemische Industrie, Wolhusen, CH;
Abstract
A method of repairing a meniscal tear of a subject includes providing a sheet of collagen membrane material having on one side thereof a smooth barrier face which inhibits cell adhesion thereon and inhibits passage of cells therethrough. The sheet has a fibrous face opposite the smooth barrier face, the fibrous face allowing cell growth thereon. The collagen is predominantly collagen I. The sheet of collagen membrane material is fixed over a meniscal tear so that the fibrous face is oriented toward the meniscal tear.