Webster Receives Patent
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ChE Professor & Chair Thomas Webster was awarded a patent for "System and Method for Attaching Soft Tissue to an Implant Comprising a Nanotextured Surface".
Abstract Source: USPTO
One embodiment of the present invention is directed to compositions and methods for enhancing attachment of soft tissues to a metal prosthetic device. In one embodiment a construct is provided comprising a metal implant having a porous metal region, wherein the porous region exhibits a nano-textured surface, and a biocompatible polymer matrix coating the nano-textured surface. The polymer matrix coating comprises a naturally occurring extracellular matrix with biocompatible inorganic materials distributed within the matrix, or a biocompatible polymer and an osteo-inductive agent.