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US 5,468,787 AGranted
Biomaterials for tissue repair
OwnerMichael Braden, Sandra Downes +2inventors
InventorsMichael Braden, Sandra Downes, Mangala P. Patel, Kenneth W. M. Davy
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Abstract
A curable composition of a monomeric heterocyclic acrylic or methacrylic ester and an acrylate or methacrylate polymer is used to promote tissue repair, especially cartilage repair.
Claims8
A method of promoting repair of cartilage in a human or animal body, which comprises the steps of:
- introducing to cartilage requiring repair in said body a curable monomer/polymer composition, the monomer component having the formula I ##STR3## where R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, m is 0, 1 or 2 and X is a 3 to 6 membered heterocyclic ring and the polymer component being selected from the group consisting of acrylate and methacrylate polymers and copolymers thereof;
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- causing or allowing the composition to cure in contact with said cartilage and promote repair of said cartilage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.