Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100178312 | System And Method For Attaching Soft Tissue To An Implant - One embodiment of the present invention is directed to compositions and methods for enhancing attachment of soft tissues to a metal prosthetic device. In one embodiment a construct is provided comprising a metal implant having a porous metal region, wherein said porous region exhibits a nano-textured surface, and a biocompatible polymer matrix coating the nano-textured surface. The polymer matrix coating comprises a naturally occurring extracellular matrix with biocompatible inorganic materials distributed within the matrix, or a biocompatible polymer and an osteoinductive agent. | 07-15-2010 |
20110125263 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NANOSTRUCTURES ON A SURFACE OF A MEDICAL IMPLANT - A method for treating a surface of a medical implant to create nanostructures on the surface that results in increased in-vivo chondrocyte adhesion to the surface. Further, disclosed is a method to fabricate a drug delivery system. The drug delivery system includes a medical implant that has undergone a surface treatment process that results in the modification of the surface configuration and topography. The modified surface acts as a depot or reservoir for loaded biological material, biologic agents or pharmaceutical products. Additionally, a device for delivering pharmaceutical products or other biological materials is disclosed. The device includes integrally attached nanostructures that retain or adsorb the loaded pharmaceutical products and/or biological materials. Further disclosed is a medical implant that includes a surface configured to allow for and regulate protein adsorption. The surface of the medical implant has a layer of nanostructures rigidly attached with varying porosity and orientation that allow for surface protein adsorption to be controlled. | 05-26-2011 |
20110262501 | Osteoblast Stimulating Orthopedic Implant - Nanomaterials for neural and orthopedic prostheses are disclosed. Composite carbon nanofibers enhance neuronal growth and minimize glial scar tissue formation. Methods and compositions to promote neuronal growth and minimize scar tissue formation during prolonged monitoring and treatment of neural tissue are disclosed. Composite polyurethane carbon nanofiber is a suitable material for neural implant. Composite carbon nanomaterials decrease adhesion of astrocytes and fibroblasts | 10-27-2011 |
20120171121 | Rosette Nanotubes as Drug Delivery Agents - The present invention is directed to delivery complexes of rosette nanotubes and one or more biologically active agents or diagnostic agents. | 07-05-2012 |
20130129788 | Nanotubes and Compositions Thereof - The present invention is directed to implants and the modification of the surface of implants using amino acid or polypeptide functionalized rosette nanotubes. | 05-23-2013 |
20130178942 | System and Method for Attaching Soft Tissue To An Implant - One embodiment of the present invention is directed to compositions and methods for enhancing attachment of soft tissues to a metal prosthetic device. In one embodiment a construct is provided comprising a metal implant having a porous metal region, wherein said porous region exhibits a nano-textured surface. | 07-11-2013 |
20130199539 | Nanostructured Surfaces - The present invention is directed to methods for inhibiting growth of bacteria and to nanometer scale surfaces having antibacterial properties. | 08-08-2013 |
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20140171482 | Nanotubes as Carriers of Nucleic Acids into Cells - The present invention is directed to transfection complexes of rosette nanotubes and one or more nucleic acids. | 06-19-2014 |
20140302109 | Nanotubes and Compositions Thereof - The present invention is directed to implants and the modification of the surface of implants using amino acid or polypeptide functionalized rosette nanotubes. | 10-09-2014 |