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US 2005/0038518 A1Published application
Method for nonsurgical treatment of the intervertebral disc and kit therefor
AssigneeDePuy Spine, Inc.
InventorsMichael Slivka, Hassan Serhan
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method and compositions for treating pathological intervertebral discs comprising the step of delivering an agent that causes chemical crosslinking of the native molecular components of the disc. Supplemental materials which are susceptible to crosslinking by the aforementioned agent are optionally delivered to the disc in order to increase and maintain disc height.
Claims11
1-35. (cancelled)
A method of treating in a living being an intervertebral disc having native molecular proteins, comprising the steps of:
- a) injecting a supplemental protein into the intervertebral disc, and
- b) injecting a crosslinking agent into the intervertebral disc.
45-88. (cancelled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.