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7384430 |
Low crystalline polymeric material for orthopaedic implants and an associated method
A component made from a crosslinked polymeric material, wherein the crosslinked polymeric material has a reduced crystallinity is described. An associated method for fabricating such a component is...
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7377929 |
Soft tissue defect repair device
An inguinal hernia repair device in the form of an implantable plug that is affixed at one end to the center region of a sheet of implantable material. The plug takes the form of a plurality of...
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7368065 |
Implants with textured surface and methods for producing the same
Compositions and methods are provided for preparing a metal substrate having a uniform textured surface with a plurality of indentations with a diameter in the nanometer and micrometer range. The...
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7361724 |
Self assembling monolayer compositions
A surface coating composition for providing a self-assembling monolayer, in stable form, on a material surface or at a suitable interface, as well as a method of preparing such a composition and a...
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7357816 |
Apparatus for attachment of artificial nail
An apparatus for attaching an artificial nail. In patients who have a deformity of the fingernail or the toenail due to previous injuries, birth defects, or have undergone partial or entire...
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7344566 |
Lip implant and method for insertion
A lip implant having first and second regions is described. The lip implant includes a first region formed of a liquid, solid, or a gas and a second region formed of a solid material. Also...
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7338523 |
Method for attachment of artificial nail
A method for attaching an artificial nail. In patients who have a deformity of the fingernail or the toenail due to previous injuries, birth defects, or have undergone partial or entire...
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7331962 |
Fixture
A fixture having an anchoring portion and an application portion intended for connection to a prosthesis. The application portion has an outer end and an end connected to the anchoring portion. The...
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7318998 |
Tissue decellularization
The present invention relates, in general, to tissue decellularization and, in particular to a method of treating tissues, for example, heart valves, tendons and ligaments, so as to render them...
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7291172 |
Artificial intervertebral disc
Artificial intervertebral disc, comprising a nucleus of flexible material with the shape of a flattened body, with a lower and an upper side connected by a lateral surface, having a...
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7279007 |
Method for improving cardiac function
A method and a device for improving cardiac function are provided. The device is packaged in a collapsed state in an end of a catheter. Portions of a frame construction of the device spring...
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7247364 |
Coating for implantable medical devices
An implantable medical device, such as a stent, is disclosed having a coating. The coating includes a poly(butylene terephthalate-co-ethylene glycol)polymer. The coating can also include a drug.
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7241309 |
Self-aggregating protein compositions and use as sealants
There is described a bio-compatible aqueous slurry for forming a fluid-tight barrier on a surface of a porous implantable article. This aqueous slurry includes a self-aggregating protein...
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7235295 |
Polymeric nanofibers for tissue engineering and drug delivery
Polymeric nanofibers have been developed which are useful in a variety of medical and other applications, such as filtration devices, medical prosthesis, scaffolds for tissue engineering, wound...
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7232462 |
Self centering delivery catheter
A self centering delivery catheter is provided for delivering a filter into a vessel in a centered manner which aids in the retrieval of the filter. The delivery catheter generally includes an...
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7217290 |
Surgical devices containing a heat bondable material with a therapeutic agent
Surgical devices such as implants or suture fastenings are assembled from a plurality of discrete components, one of which components includes a heat bondable plastic material for bonding the...
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7214765 |
High density fibrous polymers suitable for implant
This invention includes malleable, biodegradable, fibrous compositions for application to a tissue site in order to promote or facilitate new tissue growth. One aspect of this invention is a...
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7211111 |
Apparatus and method for tibial fixation of soft tissue
An apparatus and method for fixation of a soft tissue graft. The apparatus may include a member having a first surface and a second surface. Each of the surfaces extend a distance relative to one...
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7208013 |
Composite surgical devices
Surgical devices such as implants or suture fastenings are assembled from a plurality of discrete components, one of which components includes a heat bondable plastic material for bonding the...
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7192445 |
Medical prosthetic devices and implants having improved biocompatibility
Disclosed are medical prosthetic devices or medical implants which exhibit improved biocompatitibly. The devices or implants include a metal material, e.g. titanium, in which the metal surface...
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7192442 |
Method and device for treatment of mitral insufficiency
A device for treatment of mitral annulus dilatation comprises an elongate body having two states. In a first of these states the elongate body is insertable into the coronary sinus and has a shape...
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7186362 |
Methods of improving the wear resistance of prosthetic medical devices
A prosthetic medical device exhibiting improved wear resistance is fabricated by sealing at least one polyolefinic material in an airtight container and providing an inert atmosphere within the...
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7175852 |
Implant and process for producing it
The invention relates to a process for producing an implant, with the implant possessing a textured foreign structure. A porous protein matrix is at least partially anchored in the textured foreign...
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7163965 |
Process for producing porous composite materials
This invention relates to a process for producing porous and composite materials comprising steps of: freezing a complex containing at least one calcium salt selected from calcium carbonate,...
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7163690 |
Bisphosphonate coated implant device and method therefor
The method of the present invention is for coating an implant device. The implant device is coated with a protein film, such as fibrinogen. A first bisphosphonate substance, such as pamidronate, is...
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7160325 |
Implantable medical balloon and valve
A medical balloon, implantable in human tissue, of unitary silicone construction. The balloon is self-sealing upon removal of an inflation implement. The balloon device comprises a molded valve...
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7132110 |
Tissue repair compositions and methods for their manufacture and use
An osteogenic composition is prepared by a process including the steps of subjecting demineralized bone to an extraction medium to produce an insoluble extraction product and a soluble extraction...
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7108718 |
Gold eyelid weight implant
An eyelid implant for implanting in an upper eyelid of a person having a main body with a water-drop shape. The main body has a head end with a center of gravity at substantially a center point...
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7107992 |
System and method for preventing closure of passageways
A system for treating sleep-related breathing disorders. In one embodiment, the system includes a first magnetically susceptible material attached to a left lateral pharyngeal wall and a second...
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7101381 |
Implantable prosthesis
An implantable prosthesis for repairing an anatomical defect, such as a tissue or muscle wall hernia, including an umbilical hernia, and for preventing the occurrence of a hernia at a small opening...
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7090697 |
Device for treating dysphonia and method of treating with use of the same
A device for treating spasmodic dysphonia (SD) and a surgical method of treating SD with use of the same are disclosed. The cause for SD is an excessively tight closure of the glottis. The device...
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7087200 |
Controlled local/global and micro/macro-porous 3D plastic, polymer and ceramic/cement composite scaffold fabrication and applications thereof
An indirect solid free form scaffold manufacturing technique is provided. More particularly, the present invention provides a set of molds, casting methods, mold removals, and surface modification...
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7081135 |
Mastopexy stabilization apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for mastopexy surgeries correcting a ptosis condition caused by tissue stretching, in the breast as a result of pregnancy, time, aging, and the effects of gravity and...
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7071235 |
Latent reactive blood compatible agents
A reagent and related method for use in passivating a biomaterial surface, the reagent including a latent reactive group and a bifunctional aliphatic acid (e.g., fatty acid), in combination with a...
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7063884 |
Stent coating
A stent comprising a coating layer is disclosed. The coating layer has a hydrophobic component and a hydrophilic component, wherein a region of the coating layer on or about the outermost surface...
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7060287 |
Tissue augmentation material and method
A permanent, biocompatible material for soft tissue augmentation. The biocompatible material comprises a matrix of smooth, round, finely divided, substantially spherical particles of a...
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7052514 |
Methods and reagents for tissue engineering of cartilage in vitro
The present invention makes available an optimal concentration of a hedgehog polypeptide for modulating growth and/or cartilage production by chondrocytes. The present invention allows for...
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7048792 |
Method of making structured ceramic coatings and coated devices prepared with the method
The invention describes a low temperature method for producing multi-layered or multi-phased coatings. With the technique according to the present invention, surface coatings with controlled...
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7041713 |
Artificial dura mater
The present invention provides an artificial dura mater which comprises an amorphous or low crystallinity polymer as a constituent component and which prevents the cerebrospinal fluid leakage.
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7022348 |
Method of creating biological and biosynthetic material for implantation
A method of creating an implantation material from biological and tissue engineered biosynthetic and biological tissue of autogenic, allogenic and xenogenic origin suitable for implantation into...
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7014661 |
Transcutaneous prosthesis
A transcutaneous prosthesis is disclosed comprising a first component ( 1 ) shaped for implantation into a bone ( 2 ), a second component ( 4 ) intended for location between the bone ( 2 ) and the...
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7014657 |
Middle-ear implant
This invention relates to surgical methods and prosthetic devices for ameliorating hearing loss in patients having ailments of the middle ear. The implant of the invention includes a gas-filled...
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7014655 |
Method for conserving biological prostheses, conserved biological prostheses and conserving solutions
The invention concerns a method of conserving biological prostheses, wherein the method includes the following steps: (a) treating biological prostheses with a solution which contains a mixture of...
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7011688 |
Prosthetic repair fabric
An implantable prosthesis is provided for repairing or augmenting anatomical weaknesses or defects, and is particularly suitable for the repair of soft tissue and muscle wall openings. The...
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7008455 |
Lip implant, instrumentation and method for insertion
A lip implant and lip instrument. The lip implant is formed of solid silicone and is shaped to be received in the lip of a patient. The lip instrument includes a pair of arms coupled together...
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7008450 |
Porous hydroxy apatite containing silicon and magnesium, and a preparation method thereof
Disclosed are a silicon- and magnesium-containing porous hydroxyapatite, and a preparation method thereof which comprises the steps of performing a hydrothermal treatment of a natural coral and...
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7004977 |
Soft tissue substitute and method of soft tissue reformation
A soft tissue implant material is formed from biologically-compatible polymeric particles. The particles may have a diameter of up to about 500 microns and intraparticulate pores sized for ingrowth...
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6991652 |
Tissue engineering composite
The invention provides a biocompatible composite for use in a living subject for purposes of repairing damaged tissues and reconstructing a new tissue. The composite includes a biodegradable or...
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6989029 |
Tissue cage
The present invention relates to an implantable cage for holding tissue graft material. The cage includes a chamber configured and dimensioned to receive the tissue graft material and at least one...
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6974625 |
Oxidized zirconium on a porous structure for bone implant use
A composition, a medical implant constructed from the composition, and a method of making the composition are described. The composition is a composite material, comprising a porous, reticulated,...
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