Perforated osteochondral allograft compositions
AssigneeAlloSource
InventorsYaling Shi, Carolyn Barrett
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Abstract
Osteochondral graft composition comprising a cartilage component and a bone component, and further comprising one or more perforations in the bone component and/or the cartilage component, are provided. Methods of manufacturing and using osteochondral graft compositions comprising one or more perforations in the bone component and/or the cartilage component are also provided.
Claims21
A perforated osteochondral graft composition comprising a continuous portion of an osteochondral tissue, wherein the continuous portion of osteochondral tissue comprises a cartilage component and a bone component, and wherein the osteochondral graft composition comprises one or more perforations in the cartilage component and/or the bone component.
A method of manufacturing a perforated osteochondral graft composition, the method comprising:
- obtaining a continuous portion of an osteochondral tissue from a human cadaveric donor, wherein the continuous portion of osteochondral tissue comprises a bone component and a cartilage component;
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- cutting one or more perforations into the bone component and/or the cartilage component of the osteochondral tissue.
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