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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128706 | Implant pellets and methods for performing bone augmentation and preservation Embodiments described herein are related to pellets that are placed within an extraction site that is in need of bone augmentation and preservation. The pellets are typically cylindrical in shape and comprise a material and a polymer coating. The goal of the pellets... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8105391 | Merhods of treatment with devices having a coating containing pegylated hyaluronic acid and a pegylated non-hyaluronic acid polymer Provided herein are a method, which comprises implanting in a patient an implantable device comprising a coating that includes a PEGylated hyaluronic acid and a PEGylated non-hyaluronic acid biocompatible polymer and the methods of use thereof. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7445641 | Biomaterials modified with superoxide dismutase mimics The present invention relates to biomaterials modified with non-proteinaceous catalysts for the dismutation of superoxide, and processes for making such materials. This modification may be by covalent conjugation, copolymerization, or admixture of the non-proteinace... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7427293 | Osteochondral plug graft, kit and method Each of an osteochondral plug graft and a kit comprises a trapezoid shaped construct configured for osteochondral implanting. An osteochondral regeneration method comprises forming a recipient socket in a chondral area of an articular joint in need of repair; harves... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7413806 | Implant coatings Implants may be coated with a biocompatible coating to improve the biocompatibility of the implant. The biocompatible coating may include a bone growth promoting compound. Such compounds include, but are not limited to, phospholipids, bone morphogenetic proteins, or... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410502 | Medical prosthetic devices having improved biocompatibility The invention relates to a medical prosthetic device having a metal material, such as titanium or an alloy thereof, where the surface parts of the metal material are coated with a layer of a corresponding hydroxide material, such as titanium hydroxide. Preferably, t... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7377943 | Surface treated metallic implant and blasting material The invention relates to a metallic implant, which has vitreous-crystalline bioactive material on the surface thereof. According to the invention, a metallic implant base body arranged on the surface of the particles has a bioactive, vitreous-crystalline material co... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7361724 | Self assembling monolayer compositions A surface coating composition for providing a self-assembling monolayer, in stable form, on a material surface or at a suitable interface, as well as a method of preparing such a composition and a method of using such a composition to coat a surface, such as the sur... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7351262 | Bone implants and methods of making same The present invention provides an implant for use in fusing adjacent bony structures. The implant comprises a plurality of pieces of bone and a flexible mechanism including one or more flexible, elongate, biocompatible connectors interconnecting the pieces of bone. | 04/01/2008 |
| 7323189 | Liquid and low melting coatings for stents A method for forming liquid coatings for medical devices such as stents and angioplasty balloons is provided. The liquid coatings can be made from biodegradable materials in liquid, low melting solid, or wax forms, which preferably degrade in the body without produc... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309361 | Biologic modular tibial and femoral component augments for use with total knee arthroplasty The use of biologic and/or biologically reabsorbable materials to provide temporary stability after a surgical joint procedure is provided. Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide biologic and/or biologically reabsorbable cam and/or post linings mounted to re... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7291178 | Modified oxide Osteoconductive/osteoinductive titanium/titanium alloy implant comprising an additional element in the titanium oxide, obtained by anodic oxidation. The implant comprises an additional element in the titanium oxide such as calcium, phosphor or sulphur. The invention... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7252685 | Fusion implant and method of making same The present invention provides an implant for use in fusing adjacent bony structures. The implant comprises at least one structural member combined with at least one flexible planar member to retain the at least one structural member to form the implant. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250253 | Immobilization of molecules on surfaces via polymer brushes The invention relates to polyfunctional polymer monolayers (polymer brushes) comprising a multitude of polymer chains attached to a surface, with each polymer chain comprising a multitude of units carrying at least on functional group which allows the interaction of... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247364 | Coating for implantable medical devices An implantable medical device, such as a stent, is disclosed having a coating. The coating includes a poly(butylene terephthalate-co-ethylene glycol)polymer. The coating can also include a drug. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241313 | Surgical implant A surgical implant comprises a core region and a porous surface region extending over at least part of the core region. The surface region has a predetermined pore volume fraction. A method of manufacturing a surgical implant comprises: (i) loading metallic powder h... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234939 | Dental instruments having a handle formed by two-shot molding A dental instrument having a two-shot molded handle and methods for making the same. The dental instrument includes a dental instrument shank of metal with a handle formed near the proximal end of the shank. The handle includes a first polymer formed over a portion ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7207800 | Dental implant system and additional methods of attachment A dental implant assembly with an an abutment head integrally joined to an implant body. The top section of the abutment head a shape formed by a linear wall adjacent to an arcuate wall; a ledge is located beneath the top section of the abutment; and the abutment he... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205337 | End-capped polymers and compositions containing such compounds End-capped polymers, methods for making those end-capped polymers, compositions containing those end-capped polymers, and methods for using those compositions are disclosed. One of the disclosed end-capped copolymers has the formula (I): | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201775 | Stabilizing device for intervertebral disc, and methods thereof An implantable device for stabilizing joints is provided. The stabilizing device, or implant, includes an elongated body and at least two bone cutting surfaces. The bone cutting surfaces are adapted to cut bone upon rotation of the body about its longitudinal axis b... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7192445 | Medical prosthetic devices and implants having improved biocompatibility Disclosed are medical prosthetic devices or medical implants which exhibit improved biocompatitibly. The devices or implants include a metal material, e.g. titanium, in which the metal surface parts are coated with a corresponding hydride material that contains one ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189409 | Bone grafting material, method and implant A bone grafting material, a method of producing the same, and an implant. The bone grafting material comprises a porous carrier of ceramic or glass ceramic or glass material and at least one pyrrolidone arranged in the carrier. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7186789 | Bioabsorbable, biobeneficial polyester polymers for use in drug eluting stent coatings This disclosure covers polymers, some of which are useful in medical device applications. Some of these medical devices are implantable within a mammalian body, such as in a body lumen. The copolymers comprise at least one alcoholic moiety derived from a diol, triol... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182783 | Selectively expandable composite structures for spinal arthroplasty Embodiments include selectively expandable composite structures useful as spinal arthroplasty devices such as intervertebral disc prostheses. The structures may comprise an outer shell comprised of a non-hydrogel polymer material. The structures also may comprise at... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7163920 | Peptide with osteogenic activity The present invention provides a composition including an isolated or recombinant peptide component that has osteogenic cell proliferative activity. The peptide, which promotes proliferation of osteoblasts, is useful for treatment of fractures, as a filler in defici... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7112417 | Foam composite for the repair or regeneration of tissue The present patent describes a biocompatible composite made of a first fibrous layer attached to a three-dimensional inter-connected open cell porous foams that have a gradient in composition and/or microstructure through one or more directions. These composites can... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7087086 | Biological agent-containing ceramic coating and method The invention provides an implantable article, a method of preparing the same, and methods of modifying a ceramic-coated implantable article. The implantable article comprises a biocompatible substrate and a bioactive ceramic surface coating into which a biological ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7063884 | Stent coating A stent comprising a coating layer is disclosed. The coating layer has a hydrophobic component and a hydrophilic component, wherein a region of the coating layer on or about the outermost surface of the coating layer has a higher content or concentration of the hydr... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7018411 | Endoprothesis with galvanised silver layer A bone replacement endoprosthesis has a metallic support structure, at least part of the surface of which is galvanically silvered. Beneath the silver layer a bond layer is provided which can comprise gold. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014661 | Transcutaneous prosthesis A transcutaneous prosthesis is disclosed comprising a first component (1) shaped for implantation into a bone (2), a second component (4) intended for location between the bone (2) and the skin, and a third component (5) intended f... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015206 | Use of a polysaccharide excreted by the species in bone repair The invention concerns the use of a polysaccharide excreted by the Vibrio diabolicus species for making a medicine with cicatrising activity, in particular bone repair activity. The invention also concerns a bone reconstruction biomaterial comprising said pol... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004975 | Coated joint endoprosthesis Joint endoprostheses are provides which respectively have a joint part with a metallic core, wherein the metallic core is coated, in regions that roll and/or slide on another joint part during execution of the joint function, with a glass-ceramic composite mixture. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001672 | Laser based metal deposition of implant structures A method of depositing a hard wear resistant surface onto a porous or non-porous base material of a medical implant. The medical implant device formed by a Laser Based Metal Deposition (LBMD) method. The porous material of the base promotes bone ingrowth allowing th... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6926919 | Method for fabricating a coating for a medical device Methods for fabricating coatings for implantable medical devices are disclosed. The coatings include blends of hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymers. The methods provide for treatment of the coatings to cause enrichment a region close to the outer surface of the coat... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6913626 | Medical implant having bioabsorbable textured surface A hybrid medical implant having a biocompatible, nonabsorbable core portion and a bioabsorbable textured outer surface portion overlying the core portion. The hybrid implant is useful as a prosthesis for tissue augmentation and/or reconstruction. The core portion of... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6863693 | Phospholipid-coated implants A prosthesis or implant has a surface carrying a coating comprising at least one phospholipid at a concentration to improve osteointegration. A method of making such a prosthesis or implant and a kit comprising a prosthesis or implant is also described. ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6827743 | Woven orthopedic implants The present invention relates to orthopedic implants made from a mesh material. The mesh material can be treated in order to promote bone growth, to provide antibiotics, or to provide other beneficial treatment. Specific applications for the implants include, for ex... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6749639 | Coated prosthetic implant A prosthesis for implanting into a bone having a cavity is disclosed. The prosthesis comprises a body and a stem. A first coating including a bone ingrowth promoting material that promotes ingrowth of bone onto the stem and a bioabsorbable material that delays the i... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6736849 | Surface-mineralized spinal implants A spinal implant is provided to integrate with and support vertebrae in a vertebral column. The spinal implant includes a body and a mineralized, bioactive surface coating chemically bonded to a portion of the body. The coating includes a non-hydroxyl containing car... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6730129 | Implant for application in bone, method for producing such an implant, and use of such an implant An implant for application in bone, especially jaw bone, is provided. The implant includes a unit that can be applied in the bone, and which is made of a biocompatible material such as titanium. The unit is provided with one or more coatings including calcium phosph... | 05/04/2004 |
