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US 6,280,474 B1Granted
Devices for tissue repair and methods for preparation and use thereof
AssigneeNeucoll, Inc.
InventorsJames J. Cassidy, Jeff E. Yeung, Jacqueline Anne Schroeder, Vivek Shenoy, Melissa K. C. Brown
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Abstract
Methods and implant devices for use in tissue repair. The implant devices include resorbable, swellable implant bodies, formed from a dehydrated crosslinked biocompatible polymer. The implant devices are capable of swelling after insertion into tissues to become anchored in place.
Claims13
A method for securing a second tissue to a first tissue in a body of a mammalian subject, wherein the first and second tissues, comprising the steps of:
- (a) inserting at least one implant into said hard tissues, such that each implant transverses both of said hard tissues, wherein the implant comprises a resorbable, swellable implant body comprising a dehydrated crosslinked biocompatible polymer;
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- (b) allowing the implant body to rehydrate in situ to anchor the implant into the first and second tissues.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.