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US 6,712,850 B2Granted
Porous tissue scaffolds for the repair and regeneration of dermal tissue
AssigneeEthicon, Inc.
InventorsMurty Narayan Vyakarnam, Mark Charles Zimmerman, Anna Gosiewska
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Abstract
The present invention is a synthetic, biocompatible, bioabsorbable, porous foam tissue scaffolds possessing physicochemical properties suitable for use in the repair and regeneration of dermal tissue and to methods of preparing the foam scaffold.
Claims10
A synthetic, biocompatible, bioabsorbable foam scaffold suitable for use in the repair and/or regeneration of dermal tissue in a body of a patient:
- comprising,
- a synthetic, biocompatible, bioabsorbable, aliphatic, elastomeric copolymer comprising copolymerized ε-caprolactone and glycolide at a molar ratio of ε-caprolactone:glycolide ranging from about 30:70 to about 40:60, wherein said scaffold is about 0.25 mm to about 0.75 mm thick and has porosity of 90 percent or greater.
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