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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012

Filed:

May. 10, 2007
Applicants:

Nicholas Fry, York, GB;

Anthony Dagger, York, GB;

David Morsley, York, GB;

Helene Lecomte, York, GB;

Roy Trayhern, York, GB;

Mark Howard, York, GB;

Sarah Freestone, York, GB;

Brian Thomson, York, GB;

Mark Smith, York, GB;

Rebecca Crallan, York, GB;

Inventors:

Nicholas Fry, York, GB;

Anthony Dagger, York, GB;

David Morsley, York, GB;

Helene Lecomte, York, GB;

Roy Trayhern, York, GB;

Mark Howard, York, GB;

Sarah Freestone, York, GB;

Brian Thomson, York, GB;

Mark Smith, York, GB;

Rebecca Crallan, York, GB;

Assignee:

Smith & Nephew PLC, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/585 (2006.01); A61K 31/19 (2006.01); A61L 15/00 (2006.01); C08G 63/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention relates to scaffolds which can be used as medical devices for guided tissue regeneration and repair, in particular the invention is directed to a scaffold comprising fibers having a mean fiber diameter of between from about 1.2 to 4.0 microns, wherein the fibers comprise a glycolide. The invention further relates to the use of the scaffolds for the selective capture of cell populations for a cell source material.


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