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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2009
Sebastien Henry, Smyrna, GA (US);
William Graham Midgette, Grayson, GA (US);
Sejdefa Dozic, Atlanta, GA (US);
Kent Iversen, LaGrange, GA (US);
Guoqiang Mao, Smyrna, GA (US);
John Randolph Miller, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Sebastien Henry, Smyrna, GA (US);
William Graham Midgette, Grayson, GA (US);
Sejdefa Dozic, Atlanta, GA (US);
Kent Iversen, LaGrange, GA (US);
Guoqiang Mao, Smyrna, GA (US);
John Randolph Miller, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides composite implants for the replacement or augmentation of non-load bearing or load bearing soft tissues, and methods of making and using these implant compositions. In one embodiment, a composite implant of the present invention comprises a soft polymeric component coupled to a porous polymeric substrate.