Packed demineralized cancellous tissue forms for disc nucleus augmentation, restoration, or replacement and methods of implantation
US7959683B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 23, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 6, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61L2430/38
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A composition for spinal disc repair comprising a plurality of uniformly shaped demineralized cancellous bone pieces ranging in size from about 2.0 mm to about 4.0 mm loaded into a porous mesh container with the cancellous bone pieces being treated so that they are not osteoinductive and are packed in the porous mesh container under compression forces.
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