Intermediate bone block and its use in bone block assemblies and assembled bone-tendon-bone grafts
US7763072B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 4, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2002/30057
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention is directed to bone block assemblies suitable for binding to a soft tissue to form an implantable graft, and to such implantable grafts. A particularly preferred graft is a bone-tendon-bone graft. In its simplest aspect, the present invention is directed to an intermediate bone block comprising a machined segment of cortical bone, cancellous bone or both.
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