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Method of repairing meniscal tears

US8084428B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ED. GEISTLICH SOEHNE AG FUER CHEMISCHE INDUSTRIE · CH

Inventors

Myron Spector · Brookline, US
Peter Geistlich · Stansstad, CH
Lothar Schloesser · Darmstadt, DE
Roland Jakob · Inzlingen, DE
Jean-Francois Clemence · Gisikon, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 1, 2006
Grant date	Dec 27, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 17, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S623/908
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of repairing a meniscal tear of a subject includes providing a sheet of collagen membrane material having on one side thereof a smooth barrier face which inhibits cell adhesion thereon and inhibits passage of cells therethrough. The sheet has a fibrous face opposite the smooth barrier face, the fibrous face allowing cell growth thereon. The collagen is predominantly collagen I. The sheet of collagen membrane material is fixed over a meniscal tear so that the fibrous face is oriented toward the meniscal tear.

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