Webster Receives Patent

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.

Related Departments:Chemical Engineering