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Glasses, cements and uses thereof

US10815144B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Mark Robert Towler · Limerick, IE
Adel Moh'd Fawzi A. R. Alhalawani · Toronto, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 14, 2017
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC08L33/08
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Various embodiments of tantalum- and/or niobium-containing glasses and cements as well as uses thereof are described herein. For example, in an embodiment, the glasses comprise a transition metal pentoxide such as tantalum pentoxide and/or niobium pentoxide present in the glass in an amount of less than 2.0 mol %, based on the total composition of the glass, glass polyalkenoate cements prepared from such glasses and uses of such cements, for example, for sternal closure or fixation, stabilization and/or repair of a fracture in a bone in the wrist, elbow, knee, shoulder, spine and/or hip.

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