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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
New York Society for the Ruptured and Crippled Maintaining the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY (US);
Suzanne A. Maher, Highland Lakes, NJ (US);
Tony Chen, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Joseph D. Lipman, New York, NY (US);
Peter Torzilli, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Russell Warren, Greenwich, CT (US);
Abstract
An implant having at least three components, namely, a solid hydrogel, a porous hydrogel adjacent to or surrounding the solid hydrogel (together considered 'the hydrogel'), and a porous rigid base. The solid hydrogel and porous rigid base carry joint load, and the porous hydrogel layer and the porous rigid base allow for cellular migration into and around the implant. The invention is also a novel method of manufacturing the implant, a novel method of implanting the implant, and a method of treating, repairing or replacing biological tissue, more preferably musculoskeletal tissue, with the implant.