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Current Assignee
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Patent Inventor Names
Steven R. Schmid0
Dale R. Sumner0
Glen L. Niebur0
Date of Patent
March 9, 2010
0Patent Application Number
113255300
Date Filed
January 5, 2006
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention provides a bone in-growth surface for implants which has a structure for delivering therapeutic agents to surrounding bone and tissue. The bone in-growth surface may comprise scaffolding and a controlled-permeability layer which contains the therapeutic agents in a variety of reservoirs. The porosity of the scaffolding may be controllable from zero porosity to essentially a fully porous material.
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