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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2012
Theodore Sand, Austin, TX (US);
Matthew Murphy, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin Dunworth, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
Theodore Sand, Austin, TX (US);
Matthew Murphy, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin Dunworth, Dripping Springs, TX (US);
SpineSmith Partners, L.P., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention is directed to methods of forming a bone-like material, by placing a matrix into a culture container, adding cells to the matrix, placing the tissue-cell construct into the culturing environment and incubating the construct under appropriate conditions for the time required to produce an amount of bone-like material of sufficient volume to be harvested for further processing. Other embodiments of the invention are directed to the use of the bone-like material formed by methods of the invention in implantation procedures.