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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2010
Applicant:
Thomas P. Hedman, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Inventor:
Thomas P. Hedman, Stevenson Ranch, CA (US);
Assignee:
Orthopeutics, L.P., Lexington, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/352 (2006.01); A61K 31/353 (2006.01); A61K 38/45 (2006.01); A61K 38/44 (2006.01); A61K 31/7004 (2006.01); A61K 31/121 (2006.01); C07D 311/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of treatment of native, non-denatured tissue to increase resistance to tearing, fissuring, rupturing, and/or delamination, comprising the step of: contacting at least a portion of the tissue with an effective amount of a reagent that increases crosslinks in the tissue.