US Patent 7374775 Dura substitute and a process for producing the same

Patent 7374775 was granted and assigned to Synthes on May, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Synthes

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7374775

Date of Patent

May 20, 2008

Patent Application Number

10923084

Date Filed

August 23, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Sandra E. Saucier

Patent abstract

The invention relates to dura substitutes to be used as prostheses for dural defects in the field of neurosurgery and processes for producing the same. The present invention provides artificial dura mater materials comprising sheets of microbial-derived polysaccharide processed to have the necessary strength characteristics, conformability and physical properties.