Porous bone replacement materials

US5650108A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Berthold Nies · Kassel, DE
• Sabine Troster · Langen, DE
• Rainer Specht · Fürth, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 5, 1995
• Grant date: Jul 22, 1997
• Expiry date: Oct 5, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2430/02
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A process for the preparation of porous bone replacement materials which have a partly or completely interconnecting pore system with a volume content of 5 to 60%. The bone replacement material is prepared from a mixture of a solid component, a liquid component based on acrylate/methacrylate and coarse-particled granules of a biocompatible material with an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 10 mm.