Appeal No. 1996-3547 Page 3
Application No. 08/089,854
(j) a bone augmentation device employed in maxillofacial surgery;
(k) a preformed mandible; (l) a skull augmentation; (m) a
periodontal ligament replacement; (n) an osteotomy spacer; (o) a
dental ridge augmentation; (p) a fracture fixation; (q) a spinal
fusion device; (r) an artificial dowel; (s) a spinal fixation;
(t) a disk; (u) an artificial ligament; (v) a device employed in
interstitial cartilage repair or replacement; (w) an anchor
element for ligament repair; (x) a swell fixation; (y) a Hercules
plug; (z) a bone filler; (aa) a cartilage sheet; (bb) a fracture
bandage for treating a compound fracture; (cc) a skull fixation;
(dd) a burr hole plug; (ee) a tooth coated with said polymer;
(ff) a dental sheet; (gg) a dental implant coated with said
polymer; (hh) a bone dressing; and (ii) an artificial joint
coated with said polymer, said polymer being a polyethylene
glycol/polybutylene terphthalate segmented copolymer.
107. A prosthetic device for binding to bone said prosthetic
device having a shape suitable for placing the prosthetic device
in contact with bone for binding to bone, said prosthetic device
comprising a polymer having a porous surface, said porous surface
containing pores at least a portion of which have a pore diameter
of from 50 to 500 microns, said polymer being a segmented
thermoplastic polymer comprising a plurality of recurring units
of a first component and of a second component, wherein said
first component comprises units having the formula:
-OLO-CO-R-CO-, wherein L a divalent radical remaining after
removal of terminal hydroxyl groups from a poly (oxyalkylene)
glycol, and R is a divalent radical remaining after removal of
carboxyl groups from a dicarboxylic acid, and said second
component comprises units of the formula:
-OEO-CO-R-CO,
wherein E is an alkylene radical; and R is a divalent radical
remaining after removal of carboxyl groups from a dicarboxylic
acid.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Jones et al. (Jones) 3,908,201 Sep. 30, 1975
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