Patents by Inventor Steven F. Badylak

Steven F. Badylak has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tissue graft for surgical reconstruction of a collagenous meniscus and method therefor
    Patent number: 5352463
    Abstract: A fluidized, injectable tissue graft composition is described. The composition comprises comminuted intestinal submucosa or protease-digested intestinal submucosa. Methods for the preparation and use of injectable tissue graft compositions are described. In preferred embodiments the tissue graft material is prepared from the intestinal submucosa comprising the tunica submucosa, the muscularis mucosa and the stratum compactum of a segment of intestinal tissue of a warm-blooded vertebrate. Effective amounts of the fluidized graft compositions can be injected to promote repair tissue defects by inducing formation of endogenous tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1994
    Inventors: Steven F. Badylak, Robert J. Demeter, Michael Hiles, Sherry Voytik, Peter M. Knapp, Jr.