Dynamic bioactive nanofiber scaffolding
AssigneeMo-Sci Corporation
InventorsThomas E. Day, Steven B. Jung, Charanpreet S. Bagga
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Abstract
A resorbable bone graft scaffold material, including a plurality of overlapping and interlocking fibers defining a scaffold structure, plurality of pores distributed throughout the scaffold, and a plurality of glass microspheres distributed throughout the pores. The fibers are characterized by fiber diameters ranging from about 5 nanometers to about 100 micrometers, and the fibers are a bioactive, resorbable material. The fibers generally contribute about 20 to about 40 weight percent of the scaffold material, with the microspheres contributing the balance.
Claims20
A biologically resorbable tissue regrowth scaffold material, consisting essentially of:
- a porous, pliable and formable support matrix comprising a plurality of overlapping and entangled solid, polymer-free bioactive, resorbable ceramic fibers;
- a plurality of pores distributed throughout the support matrix;
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- a plurality of bioactive, resorbable, glass or ceramic beads distributed throughout the support matrix;
- wherein each respective fiber has a diameter ranging from 5 nanometers to 100 micrometers, and wherein the biologically resorbable tissue regrowth scaffold material is polymer-free.
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