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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8177854 | Porous and nonporous materials for tissue grafting and repair “Implants, such as interbody spacers, fusion devices and bone grafts, are provided having improved mechanical properties and/or degradation profiles. Such implants include a three-dimensional scaffold formed from particles, such as microspheres, which may in some ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7731758 | Implant for subcutaneous or intradermal injection The invention concerns an injection implant for filling up wrinkles, thin lines, skin cracks and scars, for reparative or plastic surgery, aesthetic dermatology, and for filling up gums in dental treatment. The invention concerns the use of biologically absorbable p... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7572298 | Implantable medical devices and methods for making same An implantable medical device is disclosed. The device is fabricated at least in part from a biocompatible, biodegradable composition. The composition is composed of a biocompatible, biodegradable polymer and a biocompatible, biodegradable wax. The concentration of ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7524335 | Fiber-reinforced, porous, biodegradable implant device A fiber-reinforced, polymeric implant material useful for tissue engineering, and method of making same are provided. The fibers are preferably aligned predominantly parallel to each other, but may also be aligned in a single plane. The implant material comprises a ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7407510 | Orbital implant coating having differential degradation A coating for an orbital implant where the coating has an anterior portion having a different, longer term bioabsorbability than a posterior portion. This allows the implant to have a smooth surface for insertion and to provide reduced irritation to neighboring tiss... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7387645 | Cellular therapy to heal vascular tissue The present invention encompasses methods and apparatus for minimizing the risks inherent in endovascular grafting for blood vessel therapy and repair. The invention involves delivering adult stem cells, embryonic stem cells, progenitor cells, fibroblasts, or smooth... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7377939 | Highly convertible endolumenal prostheses and methods of manufacture Endolumenal prostheses that readily and extensively convert from a delivery configuration to a deployed configuration are disclosed. Endolumenal prostheses may be fabricated from one or more shape memory polymers, a high modulus elastomer, a polymer that is both ela... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7361195 | Cartilage repair apparatus and method An orthopaedic device for repairing and regenerating cartilage includes a plug configured to be positioned in a hole formed in the cartilage and an anchor configured to support the plug. One or both of the plug and the anchor may be formed from naturally occurring e... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7335232 | Method for repairing bone A method for repairing bone in a bone cavity delimited by healthy bone faces, and from which traumatized bone has been excised, comprises adjusting a flexible, biocompatible mesh fabric tube to fit the bone cavity and contact the healthy bone faces and filling the m... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7291172 | Artificial intervertebral disc Artificial intervertebral disc, comprising a nucleus of flexible material with the shape of a flattened body, with a lower and an upper side connected by a lateral surface, having a rounded-preferably circular or ellipsoid-shape, around which at least substantially ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291345 | Formable and settable polymer bone composite and method of production thereof A composite osteoimplant. The osteoimplant includes a polymer and bone-derived particles. The composite is adapted and constructed to be formable during or immediately prior to implantation and to be set after final surgical placement. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7270813 | Coupling agents for orthopedic biomaterials The invention provides a method for the preparation of bone-polymer composites wherein the mineral portion of the bone is treated with a coupling agent before being incorporated into a biocompatible polymeric matrix. The resulting composites may be used as such or b... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261734 | Resorption-controllable medical implants Bioresorbable medical implants are designed to have different resorption rates over time or over the topography of the implants. The resorption of the medical implants are controlled by including layers having differing resorption rates. The layers resorb sequential... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7214242 | Bioengineered tubular graft prostheses The invention is directed to bioengineered tubular graft prostheses prepared from cleaned tissue material derived from animal sources. The bioengineered graft prostheses of the invention are prepared using methods that preserve cell compatibility, strength, and bior... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208171 | Injectable and bioadhesive polymeric hydrogels as well as related methods of enzymatic preparation The invention is related to biomimetic gels that are prepared enzymatically, using a transglutaminase to cross-link polymer-peptide conjugates of rational design. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198799 | Bioresorbable nerve guide rail A biologically resorbable nerve guide rail with a microporous guide tube of polymers of hydroxycarboxylic acids, where the porosity allows a metabolism through the tube wall, but prevents the passage of cells, and optionally several monofilaments of polymers of hydr... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7175852 | Implant and process for producing it The invention relates to a process for producing an implant, with the implant possessing a textured foreign structure. A porous protein matrix is at least partially anchored in the textured foreign structure, with the porous protein matrix possessing a directional p... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175669 | Intragastric stent for duodenum bypass A porous weave of bioabsorbable filaments is encased in an elastic membrane to form a thin-walled stent. The stent is sized to be snugly fitted in the proximate portion of the duodenum of a patient, to induce weight loss by limiting uptake of food passing through th... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163557 | Biodegradable auricular prosthetic device A biodegradable auricular prosthetic device is described, particularly but not exclusively devised for the treatment of otitis media, comprising a tubular body having axially opposed ends and flanged at least at one of the opposed ends and at least a portion of whic... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160333 | Reinforced small intestinal submucosa Bioprosthetic devices for soft tissue attachment, reinforcement, or construction are provided. The devices comprise a sheet of naturally occurring extracellular matrix and a sheet of synthetic mesh coupled to the naturally occurring extracellular matrix portion.... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156858 | Implant An implant (1) has an areal basic structure made from weft-knitted or warp-knitted fabric which has a greater extendability in a central area (3) than in the peripheral area (4) of the implant (1). The basic structure can be deformed in t... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156871 | Expandable stent having a stabilized portion An expandable stent having a covering which exhibits the characteristic of being normally dissolvable in blood, but upon being activated, becomes inert to blood. The stent may be placed across the neck of an aneurysm to seal the aneurysm and thereafter the portion o... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7138132 | Hydrogel entrapping therapeutic agent and stent with coating comprising this A hydrogel forming system which comprises a hydrophobic macromer with unsaturated group terminated ends and a hydrophilic polymer which is a polysaccharide containing hydroxy groups which are reacted with unsaturated group introducing compound, is convertible by fre... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7112226 | Male urethral stent device A stent for treatment of a body lumen through which a flow is effected on either side of a sphincter, said stent comprising one or more windings and having an inner core substantially covered by an outer core and including a first segment, a second segment, and a co... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109322 | Process for the depletion or removal of endotoxins A process for the depletion or removal of endotoxins from preparations containing active ingredients designated for therapeutical use which are obtained from natural sources by genetic engineering and/or biotechnology by treatment with chromatographic material where... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7101394 | Energetically-controlled delivery of biologically active material from an implanted medical device A medical device and system capable of providing on-demand delivery of biologically active material to a body lumen patient, and a method of making such medical device. A first coating layer comprising a biologically active material and optionally a polymeric materi... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7077866 | Resorbable interbody spinal fusion devices A resorbable interbody fusion device for use in spinal fixation is disclosed. The device is composed of 25–100% bioresorbable or resorbable material. The interbody fusion device of the invention can be in any convenient form, such as a wedge, screw or cage. Prefer... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7056337 | Natural tissue stent A medical implant made from multiple layers of non-synthetic, natural tissues is provided. The medical device includes openings that extend radially through the wall of the medical implant. One advantage of the medical implant is that a synthetic support structure i... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7041713 | Artificial dura mater The present invention provides an artificial dura mater which comprises an amorphous or low crystallinity polymer as a constituent component and which prevents the cerebrospinal fluid leakage. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7012106 | Reinforced implantable medical devices The present invention is directed to reinforced, biocompatible, biodegradable compositions suitable for use in implantable medical devices and medical devices made at least in part from such compositions, where the compositions include a biocompatible, biodegradable... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004974 | Material for bone reconstruction The invention relates to a preparation for restoring bone in the body of humans or animals in connection with an existing structure, a bone implant or some other prosthetic construction, as well as a method for restoring bone. The bone restoring preparation consists... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004965 | Implant and delivery tool therefor An implant system including a transurethral prostatic implant positioned in a prostate and including a lumen with an inner perimeter that surrounds an outer perimeter of a urethra at the prostate. The implant system may include a delivery tool including a shaft havi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6992127 | Polymeric coatings containing a pH buffer agent A device containing a support member, a cross-linked polymer, and a pH buffer agent. A surface of the support member is coated with the cross-linked polymer in which the pH buffer agent is embedded. ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993406 | Method for making a bio-compatible scaffold A method for forming a three-dimensional, biocompatible, porous scaffold structure using a solid freeform fabrication technique (referred to herein as robocasting) that can be used as a medical implant into a living organism, such as a human or other mammal. Imaging... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6989034 | Attachment of absorbable tissue scaffolds to fixation devices The present invention relates to tissue scaffold implant devices useful in the repair and/or regeneration of diseased and/or damaged musculoskeletal tissue and that include a tissue scaffold component fixedly attached to a scaffold fixation component via at least on... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6946002 | Intragastric stent for duodenum bypass A porous weave of bioabsorbable filaments is encased in an elastic membrane to form a thin-walled stent. The stent is sized to be snugly fitted in the proximate portion of the duodenum of a patient, to induce weight loss by limiting uptake of food passing through th... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6923996 | Processes for producing polymer coatings for release of therapeutic agent A method for furnishing a therapeutic-agent-containing medical device is provided. The method comprises: (a) providing a reactive layer comprising a cross-linking agent on a medical device surface; and (b) subsequently applying a polymer-containing layer, which comp... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921819 | Polysaccharide crosslinking, hydrogel preparation, resulting polysaccharide(s) and hydrogel(s), uses thereof The invention relates to a process for the crosslinking of polysaccharides. The process of the invention is a process for the crosslinking of at least one polymer selected from polysaccharides and their derivatives, under the action of at least one polyfunctional cr... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6916483 | Bioabsorbable plugs containing drugs Bioabsorbable modular drug delivery devices having shapes and sizes adapted to be inserted within a mating receptacle on the surface of an implantable prosthesis are disclosed. The devices may be attached to one another to create custom drug delivery devices having ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 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 |
