BIODEGRADABLE STENTS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PERIODONTAL DISEASE

Title:

BIODEGRADABLE STENTS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PERIODONTAL DISEASE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/012269

Kind Code:

A4

Abstract:

Biodegradable stents and methods for selectively guided tissue regeneration in treating a periodontal defect adjacent to a root of a tooth are provided. The biodegradable stents and methods comprise a coronal portion and a transverse portion or shelf, which reduce unwanted migration of gingival epithelium, gingival connective tissue, and soft tissue and enable the cementum and periodontal ligament cells to re-establish the periodontal ligament in a proper sequence resulting in a new periodontal attachment.

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Inventors:

DRAPEAU SUSAN J (US)
SHIMKO PH D DANIEL ANDREW (US)
EMERTON PH D KELLY BROOK (US)

Application Number:

PCT/US2011/044064

Publication Date:

May 23, 2013

Filing Date:

July 14, 2011

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Assignee:

WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC (US)
DRAPEAU SUSAN J (US)
SHIMKO PH D DANIEL ANDREW (US)
EMERTON PH D KELLY BROOK (US)

International Classes:

A61F2/82; A61C5/02; A61L27/14; A61L27/24; A61L27/28; A61L27/52; A61L27/54

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

PATEL, Samir R. (Inc.Ms Lc340,710 Medtronic Parkwa, Minneapolis Minnesota, US)

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