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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Zimmer Knee Creations, Inc., Exton, PA (US);
Charanpreet S. Bagga, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Shaun B. Hanson, West Chester, PA (US);
Christopher D. Mandeen, West Chester, PA (US);
Michael J. Simpson, West Chester, PA (US);
Steven B. Cohen, Media, PA (US);
Charles F. Leinberry, Chester Springs, PA (US);
Peter F. Sharkey, Villanova, PA (US);
ZIMMER KNEE CREATIONS, INC., Exton, PA (US);
Abstract
Devices and associated methods are disclosed for treating bone, and particularly bone tissue at the joints. Disclosed are implantable devices that can be used either alone or in combination with this augmentation or hardening material for the repair of bone defects and which are particularly suited for use at the joints, and even more particularly suited for use at the subchondral bone level.