Abstract
A three component system for repairing critically sized bone defects having a first shape memory polymer (SMP) component formed as a scaffold that fills the defects, a second SMP component formed as a restricting sleeve that stabilizes and supports osseointegration and osteoconduction, and a third SMP component formed as a two-dimensional cell culture substate for engineering periosteal grafts.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Patent number | 10,368,993 |
| State | Published - May 19 2016 |