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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2011
Applicants:
Norman Stark, Winterthur, CH;
Maria S. Streckenbach, Immenstaad, DE;
Seth Gilchrist, Vancouver, CH;
Thorsten Schwenke, Winterthur, CH;
Brian Thomas, Lakeland, FL (US);
Inventors:
Norman Stark, Winterthur, CH;
Maria S. Streckenbach, Immenstaad, DE;
Seth Gilchrist, Vancouver, CH;
Thorsten Schwenke, Winterthur, CH;
Brian Thomas, Lakeland, FL (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M 169/06 (2006.01); G01N 3/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Artificial or synthetic synovial fluids and methods for making such fluids are disclosed. The fluid includes selected proteins, phospholipids and hyaluronic acid and mimics the properties of human synovial fluid.