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US 11,382,754 B2Granted
Bone implant
AssigneeTraceray Oy
InventorYulia Kulkova
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Abstract
The present invention provides a technological platform for bone regeneration. More specifically, the invention provides an implant comprising a plurality of polymeric casings at least one of which encases a bone void filler and at least one reinforcement component. Also provided is a method of regenerating bone by implanting one or more implants according to the present invention to a bone repair site.
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A bone implant comprising an array of a plurality of adjacent polymeric casings at least one of which encases a bone void filler,
- wherein said bone void filler is not attached to its casing, and at least one reinforcement component which is encased by one of said plurality of adjacent polymeric casings, which casing is other than the at least one casing that encases the bone void filler, and
- wherein the at least one reinforcement component is different from the bone void filler and comprises a reinforcement phase provided as pre-impregnated with a curable matrix substance,
- with the proviso that a material of the plurality of adjacent polymeric casings does not contain a curing initiator, and
- wherein at least one of the casings comprises at least one through hole, wherein the at least one through hole is not open to an interior of the at least one casing comprising the at least one through hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.