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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.:

US 9636109 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2009

Biologically active sutures for regenerative medicine

Applicants:

William L. Murphy, Madison, WI (US);

Jae Sung Lee, Madison, WI (US);

Mark D. Markel, Middleton, WI (US);

Ben K. Graf, Madison, WI (US);

Geoffrey Baer, Madison, WI (US);

Yan LU, Fitchburg, WI (US);

Inventors:

William L. Murphy, Madison, WI (US);

Jae Sung Lee, Madison, WI (US);

Mark D. Markel, Middleton, WI (US);

Ben K. Graf, Madison, WI (US);

Geoffrey Baer, Madison, WI (US);

Yan Lu, Fitchburg, WI (US);

Assignee:

Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);

Attorney:

Stinson Leonard Street LLP

Primary Examiner:

Todd J Scherbel

Assistant Examiner:

Son Dang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61L 27/32 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); A61L 27/58 (2006.01); A61L 29/10 (2006.01); A61L 29/14 (2006.01); A61L 29/16 (2006.01); A61L 31/08 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/16 (2006.01); A61L 17/00 (2006.01); A61L 17/06 (2006.01); A61L 17/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61L 17/005 (2013.01); A61L 17/06 (2013.01); A61L 17/145 (2013.01); A61L 27/32 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61L 27/58 (2013.01); A61L 29/106 (2013.01); A61L 29/148 (2013.01); A61L 29/16 (2013.01); A61L 31/086 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); A61L 31/16 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00889 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00893 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to biodegradable and bioresorbable materials having a mineral layer on the surface of the material. More particularly, the disclosure relates to biodegradable and bioresorbable orthopedic devices having a degradable mineral layer on the surface thereof that can be used as a delivery vehicle for biological substances. Also provided are various methods of using the mineralized devices in tissue regeneration, including bone tissue engineering, and methods for producing the mineralized devices.

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