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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Slobodan Vukicevic, Zagreb, HR;
Vladimir Katic, Zagreb, HR;
Kuber T. Sampath, Holliston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided herein are methods and devices for inducing the formation of functional replacement nonarticular cartilage tissues and ligament tissues. These methods and devices involve the use of osteogenic proteins, and are useful in repairing defects in the larynx, trachea, interarticular menisci intervertebral discs, ear, nose, ribs and other fibrocartilaginous tissues in a mammal.