BioMimetic Therapeutics, Inc. (BMTI)

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A new Patent was awarded to BioMimetic Therapeutics on May 17, 2011.

Patent # (7,943,573)
"Methods for treatment of Distraction Osteogenesis using PDGF."

View the patent here:

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,943,573.PN.&OS=PN/7,943,573&RS=PN/7,943,573

Distraction Osteogenesis Info:

"Distraction osteogenesis, also called callus distraction, callotasis and osteodistraction is a surgical process used to reconstruct skeletal deformities and lengthen the long bones of the body. A corticotomy is used to fracture the bone into two segments, and the two bone ends of the bone are gradually moved apart during the distraction phase, allowing new bone to form in the gap. When the desired or possible length is reached, a consolidation phase follows in which the bone is allowed to keep healing. Distraction osteogenesis has the benefit of simultaneously increasing bone length and the volume of surrounding soft tissues."

Possible uses of distraction osteogenesis

Although distraction osteogenesis is most often used in the treatment of post-traumatic injuries, it is increasingly used to correct limb discrepancies caused by congenital conditions and old injuries.

A list of the possible uses of distraction osteogenesis are as follows:

Congenital deformities (birth defects):
Congenital short femur;
Fibular hemimelia (absence of the fibula, which is one of the two bones between the knee and the ankle);
Hemiatrophy (atrophy of half of the body); and
Ollier's disease.
Developmental deformities
Neurofibromatosis (a rare condition which causes overgrowth in one leg); and
Bow legs, resulting from rickets or secondary arthritis.
Post-traumatic injuries
Growth plates fractures;
Malunion or non-union (when bones do not completely join, or join in a faulty position after a fracture);
Shortening and deformity; and
Bone defects.
Infections and diseases
Osteomyelitis (a bone infection, usually caused by bacteria);
Septic arthritis (infections or bacterial arthritis); and
Poliomyelitis (a viral disease which may result in the atrophy of muscles, causing permanent deformity).
After tumors
Short stature
Achondroplasia (a form of dwarfism where arms and legs are very short, but torso is more normal in size); and
Constitutional short stature.
Cosmetic lengthening of limbs.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distraction_osteogenesis

This is good news! Another potential revenue stream in the future for BMTI

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