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US 8,709,395 B2Granted
Method for repairing or replacing damaged tissue
OwnerAyman Boutrosinventor
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Abstract
A method for repairing or replacing damaged tissue, or for providing post-surgical augmentation, comprising administering a pliable biocompatible material and a physiologically acceptable suspending agent to a patient is disclosed. Copolymers of unsubstituted acrylate and substituted acrylate are disclosed as pliable biocompatible materials.
Claims59
A method for repairing or replacing damaged tissue comprising:
- identifying a site of damaged tissue in a subject;
- and
- injecting into the subject at or near the site of damaged tissue an alloplastic and biocompatible composition comprising an unsubstituted acrylate/substituted acrylate copolymer in an amount sufficient to repair or replace the damaged tissue.
A method for repairing or replacing damaged tissue comprising:
- injecting into a subject at or near a site having damaged tissue an effective amount of a composition comprising a copolymer of phenylethyl acrylate and phenylethyl methacrylate.
A method for repairing or replacing damaged tissue in a subject comprising:
- injecting at or near a site of tissue damage a composition comprising an unsubstituted acrylate/substituted acrylate copolymer and a substance that promotes regeneration of tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.