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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2015
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Tao Jiang, Austin, TX (US);
Jian Q. Yao, Shanghai, CN;
Hali Wang, The Hills, TX (US);
Timothy A. Hoeman, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Ray Zubok, Midland Park, NJ (US);
John Chernosky, Brick, NJ (US);
Keith A. Roby, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates, in some aspects, to orthopedic implants for securing soft tissue to bone and methods for using the same. One particular implant comprises a first exposed porous surface region, having pores for promoting bone ingrowth, and a second exposed porous surface, having pores for promoting soft tissue ingrowth. At least some of the pores of the first exposed porous surface region may be seeded with osteocytic factors and at least some of the pores of the second exposed porous surface region may be seeded with fibrocytic factors. Such orthopedic implants can advantageously facilitate regeneration of the soft tissue to bone interface.