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US 12,589,185 B2Granted
Bone graft substitutes
AssigneeZoan NuáIl Teoranta
InventorJames Martin
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a coral scaffold for use as a bone graft substitute. The method comprises growing coral in a growth medium having a carbonate hardness, dKH, of 10 or more; removing at least a portion of the coral from the growth medium; devitalising coral removed from the growth medium and sizing the devitalised coral to form the coral scaffold.
Claims7
A method of manufacturing a coral scaffold comprising:
- a) growing coral in a growth medium having a carbonate hardness, dKH, of 10 or more;
- b) removing at least a portion of the coral from the growth medium;
- c) devitalising the coral removed from the growth medium;
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- d) sizing the devitalised coral to form the coral scaffold.
2 more elements
The method of claimed 2, wherein the growth medium has a carbonate hardness, dKH, of 12 to 14.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.