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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2007
David C. Rueger, Southborough, MA (US);
Marjorie M. Tucker, Holliston, MA (US);
An-cheng Chang, Westborough, MA (US);
David C. Rueger, Southborough, MA (US);
Marjorie M. Tucker, Holliston, MA (US);
An-Cheng Chang, Westborough, MA (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are improved osteogenic devices and methods of use thereof for repair of bone and cartilage defects. The devices and methods promote accelerated formation of repair tissue with enhanced stability using less osteogenic protein than devices in the art. Defects susceptible to repair with the instant invention include, but are not limited to: critical size defects, non-critical size defects, non-union fractures, fractures, osteochondral defects, subchondral defects, and defects resulting from degenerative diseases such as osteochondritis dessicans.