Title:
OSTEOGENIC COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING A COLORING AGENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/021823
Kind Code:
A4
Abstract:
An osteogenic composition is provided for implantation at or near a target tissue site beneath the skin, the osteogenic composition comprising a growth factor and a coloring agent, wherein the coloring agent imparts color to the growth factor to allow the user to see the growth factor at or near the target tissue site. In some embodiments, a method is provided for accelerating bone repair, the method comprising mixing bone morphogenic protein-2 and a coloring agent to form a mixture; applying the mixture to a surface of a porous collagen matrix, wherein the coloring agent allows the user to see bone morphogenic protein-2 distribution on or in the porous collagen matrix; and implanting the porous collagen matrix at or near a target tissue site in need of bone repair.
Inventors:
MCKAY WILLIAM F (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2009/052360
Publication Date:
June 03, 2010
Filing Date:
July 31, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC (US)
MCKAY WILLIAM F (US)
MCKAY WILLIAM F (US)
International Classes:
A61L27/50; A61F2/00; A61L27/22; A61L27/24; A61L27/26
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
PATEL, Samir, R. et al. (Minneapolis, MN, US)
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