Devices and methods for repair of larynx, trachea and other fibrocartilaginous tissues
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsSlobodan Vukicevic, Vladimir Katic, Kuber Sampath
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Abstract
Provided herein are methods and devices for inducing the formation of functional replacement nonarticular cartilage tissues and ligament tissues. These methods and devices involve the use of osteogenic proteins, and are useful in repairing defects in the larynx, trachea, interarticular menisci, intervertebral discs, ear, nose, ribs and other fibrocartilaginous tissues in a mammal.
Claims20
1-34. (canceled)
An implantable device for repairing a defect in a nonarticular cartilage tissue of a mammal, the device comprising an osteogenic protein disposed in a devitalized cartilage.
An implantable device for repairing a defect in a nonarticular cartilage tissue of a mammal, the device comprising an osteogenic protein disposed in a collagen carrier.
An implantable device for repairing a defect in a nonarticular cartilage tissue of a mammal, the device comprising an osteogenic protein disposed in a carboxymethylcellulose carrier.
47-50. (canceled)
A method of repairing a defect locus in a ligament in a mammal, the method comprising providing an osteogenic protein in a biocompatible, bioresorbable carrier to the defect locus, thereby inducing the formation of functional replacement ligament tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.