Shaped load-bearing osteoimplant and methods of making the same
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorsTodd M. Boyce, Lawrence A. Shimp, Albert Manrique, John M. Winterbottom
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Abstract
A load-bearing osteoimplant which comprises a shaped, coherent aggregate of bone particles.
Claims5
1-28. (canceled)
An integral implant insertion instrument and implant comprising an implant insertion instrument porting integrally attached to an implant portion by a weakened, break-away connection such that on insertion of the implant portion at the implantation site, the implant insertion instrument portion is separated from the implant portion by a breaking-away force applied thereto, the implant portion being a load-bearing osteoimplant comprising a shaped, coherent mass of bone particles.
32-44. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.