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US 2014/0236295 A1Published application
Method for modifying biocompatibility characteristics of a surface of a biological material with gas cluster ion beam
OwnerJoseph Khoury, Laurence B. Tarrant +2inventors
InventorsJoseph Khoury, Laurence B. Tarrant, Sean R. Kirkpatrick, Richard C. Svrluga
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Abstract
A method for preparing a biological material for implanting provides irradiating at least a portion of the surface of the material with an accelerated Neutral Beam.
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A method for preparing a biological material for implanting, said method comprising:
- providing a reduced pressure chamber;
- forming a first accelerated Neutral Beam within said reduced pressure chamber;
- providing a holder within said reduced pressure chamber for holding a biological material;
- positioning said biological material in said holder in said reduced pressure chamber;
- and
- irradiating at least a first portion of a surface of said biological material with said first accelerated Neutral Beam, wherein said biological material undergoes a change in properties.
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A method for surgical grafting of a tissue, the method comprising:
- explanting a graft tissue from a donor;
- irradiating at least a first portion of said graft tissue with an accelerated Neutral Beam;
- and
- surgically grafting said graft tissue into a recipient.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.