Implant, method of making same and use of the implant for the treatment of bone defects
US6478825B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 28, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F2230/0019
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An implant is provided as a solid aggregate of bone-derived elements, e.g., particles, powders, granules, fibers, strips and/or large pieces of xenogenic, allogenic, transgenic, tissue engineered or autologous cortical and/or cancellous bone, employing as binding agent for the bone-derived elements a precipitate or crystalline bridge of metal oxide, metal hydroxide, metal salt of an inorganic acid, metal salt of an organic acid, metal-containing silica based glass, or mixture thereof, the binding agent possessing at least slight solubility in polar solvent, adjacent bone-derived elements being bonded to each other through engagement with particles or bridge-like structures of bonding agent.
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