Method for achieving tissue changes in bone or bone-derived tissue
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1. A method of achieving tissue changes in bone or bone-derived organic tissue comprising the steps of:
- providing bone or bone-derived organic tissue in an electrically conductive medium;
applying an interfacing agent to the bone or bone-derived organic tissue; and
applying electromagnetic energy to the interfacing agent while the bone or bone-derived organic tissue is in the electrically conductive medium.
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Abstract
A method of achieving tissue changes in bone or bone-derived organic tissue, in which method bone or bone-derived organic tissue is provided, an interfacing agent is applied to the bone or bone-derived organic tissue, and electromagnetic energy is applied to the interfacing agent. The interfacing agent can include collagen, preferably bone-derived collagen, and a therapeutic agent. In a related embodiment, a method of treating bone tissue is provided wherein a bioactive interfacing agent is placed between the bone segments of the bone tissue to be treated.
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1. A method of achieving tissue changes in bone or bone-derived organic tissue comprising the steps of:
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providing bone or bone-derived organic tissue in an electrically conductive medium; applying an interfacing agent to the bone or bone-derived organic tissue; and applying electromagnetic energy to the interfacing agent while the bone or bone-derived organic tissue is in the electrically conductive medium.
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2. The method of claim 1 wherein the applying step comprises applying radio frequency energy.
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3. The method of claim 1 wherein the interfacing agent comprises collagen and a therapeutic agent.
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4. The method of claim 3, wherein the collagen is bone-derived collagen.
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5. The method of claim 4, wherein the source of bone-derived collagen is acid treated bone-derived graft material.
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6. The method of claim 5, wherein the acid treated bone-derived graft material is derived from autologous bone of the patient to be treated.
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7. The method of claim 3, wherein the collagen is made by synthetic or recombinant means.
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8. The method of claim 3, wherein the therapeutic agent comprises hydroxyapetite.
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9. The method of claim 3, wherein the therapeutic agent comprises an osteogenic protein.
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10. The method of claim 3, wherein the therapeutic agent comprises a growth factor.
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11. The method of claim 1, wherein the interfacing agent comprises one or more members from the group consisting of osteoconductive, osteoinductive, and osteogenic substances or agents.
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12. The method of claim 1, wherein the interfacing agent comprises a hydrophobic, lipophilic carrier paste-gel-like material.
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13. The method of claim 1, wherein the interfacing agent comprises heat releasing microspheres.
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