| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 623130170 | Including natural tissue | 10 |
| 20110009963 | BIOCOMPATIBLE SCAFFOLD FOR LIGAMENT OR TENDON REPAIR - A biocompatible ligament repair implant or scaffold device is provided for use in repairing a variety of ligament tissue injuries. The repair procedures may be conducted with ligament repair implants that contain a biological component that assists in healing or tissue repair. The biocompatible ligament repair implants include a biocompatible scaffold and particles of viable tissue derived from ligament tissue or tendon tissue, such that the tissue and the scaffold become associated. The particles of living tissue contain one or more viable cells that can migrate from the tissue and populate the scaffold. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110307059 | METHOD OF TENDON REPAIR WITH AMNION AND CHORION CONSTRUCTS - It is described a construct for use in surgical repair of tendon. The construct contains at least one layer of human amnion and chorion tissues and is generally cylindrical with a C-shaped cross-section to allow for ease of implantation over the tendon. Methods for preparing the construct is described. In addition, an improved method for surgical repair of a damaged or diseased tendon using the construct is also described. The improved method reduces adhesions, scar formation, inflammation and risk of post-operative infection. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20130053960 | REINFORCED BIOLOGIC MATERIAL - The present disclosure provides an implantable medical device comprising a composite graft material including a first biologic component, such as an acellular tissue matrix, and a second non-biologic component. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130053961 | REINFORCED TISSUE GRAFT - A biocompatible tissue graft is provided. The tissue graft includes an extracellular matrix patch that has a peripheral surface and at least one fiber stitched in a reinforcing pattern to mitigate tearing of the graft, improve the fixation retention of the graft, and/or limit cyclic stretching of the graft and substantially maintain these properties following partial enzymatic degradation of the graft while it remodels. The at least one fiber includes at least one free end that extends beyond the peripheral surface of the extracellular matrix for securing the patch to a host tissue. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20140243979 | System and Method for Forming Bone, Ligament, and Bone-Ligament Constructs - A system and method for forming a bone construct include providing bone marrow stromal cells on a substrate without disposing the cells within an exogenous scaffold, and culturing the cells in vitro in osteogenic media such that the cells form a confluent monolayer and detach from the substrate to form a self-organized three-dimensional bone construct. A system and method for forming a ligament construct using fibrogenic media and a system and method for forming a functionally integrated bone-ligament construct are also provided. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140350677 | DECELLULARIZED COMPOSITE TISSUE BIOSCAFFOLDS FOR MUSCULOSKELETAL TISSUE INTERFACE RECONSTRUCTION AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION - One aspect of the present invention is a method of producing a decellularized composite tissue bioscaffold for musculoskeletal tissue interface reconstruction by physicochemically treating a musculoskeletal tissue interface isolated from allogeneic sources. In certain embodiments, such musculoskeletal tissue interfaces can also be isolated from xenogeneic sources. The method comprises treatment of the interface with detergents, chemical oxidants and ultrasonic energy, and wash steps in between to remove residual detergents as well as oxidants. The resulting bioscaffold may be freeze-dried or lyophilized, sterilized and aseptically packaged for subsequent use. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150289967 | NANOCOMPOSITES FOR SOFT TISSUE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT - The present invention relates to nanocomposites, methods of fabrication, and applications thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a series of biocompatible materials that can be used in soft tissue repair and replacement, particularly, for ligament, tendon, and cartilage repair and replacement in a living body. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150297337 | DEVICE FOR TENDON AND LIGAMENT TREATMENT - Devices and methods for treating defects in connective tissue are provided along with methods for making such devices. The devices can include acellular arterial tissue matrices that facilitate regrowth of the damaged tissue. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20160074151 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNMENT AND SITE PREPARATION OF ROTATOR CUFF GRAFTS - A graft-positioning system that includes a body further comprising a shaft, a handle engaged to the first end of the shaft, a guide rest engaged to the second end of the shaft and a flange engaged to the guide. In addition, the shaft also includes a plurality of pin channels that extend from the first end to the second end of the shaft. The graft-positioning system may also include plurality of guide pins that are configured and arranged to be received within the plurality of pin channels. Additional embodiments provide an arthroscopic cutter that includes a tubular body and a drive shaft attached to a cutting head at one end and situated within a lumen defined within the tubular body. The tubular body further includes a guide rest engaged to the distal end of the tubular body and a flange engaged to the guide rest. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160175088 | Whip-Stitching With Reinforcement Material | 06-23-2016 |
