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US 2009/0023648 A1Published application
Methods for Treating Body Tissue
AssigneeProtein Polymer Technologies, Inc.
InventorsEdwin R. Stredonsky, Joseph Cappello
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Abstract
Methods of treating body tissue including repairing defects in body tissue as well as augmenting body tissue. Body tissue defects are repaired by injecting a polymeric adhesive composition through an injector into the region of the defect and allowing the adhesive composition to cure to repair the defect or to form an implant that adheres to at least one surface tissue in the region of the defect. Body tissue is augmented by filling a defect void with a polymeric adhesive composition and allowing it to cure.
Claims22
A method of repairing a defect in a body tissue, the method comprising:
- positioning an injector proximate to a defect in a body tissue;
- injecting a curable polymeric adhesive composition through the injector into a region of the defect;
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- allowing the adhesive composition to cure at the site of the defect, thereby repairing at least a portion of the defect.
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