Method for preparing and preserving a natural allograft...

Details Method for preparing and preserving a natural allograft... Method for preparing and preserving a natural allograft...

2007-06-27

2011-11-01

Ware, Debbie K (Department: 1651)

Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology

Differentiated tissue or organ other than blood, per se, or...

Including freezing; composition therefor

C435S363000, C435S374000

Reexamination Certificate

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08048618

ABSTRACT:
A natural spinal disk including adjacent vertebral structures is removed from a deceased donor, rinsed in normal saline, preserved in a cryopreservative solution, and then frozen by gradually decreasing the temperature using liquid nitrogen or similar method. The implant may be thawed in normal saline solution and then implanted in a patient in need of a vertebral disk replacement.

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