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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Eric A. Nauman, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Darryl A. Dickerson, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Inventors:
Eric A. Nauman, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Darryl A. Dickerson, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a cancellous bone scaffold to use in the replacement or repair of connective tissue such as ligaments and tendons. The cancellous bone scaffold has a fully demineralized segment with at least one adjacent mineralized end segment.