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US 2017/0000624 A1Published application
Expandable bone grafts and methods of manufacture thereof
AssigneeBacterin Interational, Inc.
InventorsMark Schallenberger, Helena Lovick, Todd Meyer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to compressed bone-based products and methods to make the same. The maintained compressed state of the product serves to enhance the product's inherent osteoconductivity.
Claims20
A bone-based product adapted to fit within a void, wherein when the bone-based product is within the void, it exerts an expansion pressure of about 1 MPa to about 10 MPa within the void.
A method of forming a bone-based product compressible to about 20% to about 80% of a pre-dehydrated state, comprising:
- cutting bone into bone fibers;
- entangling the bone fibers in an aqueous solution to produce entangled fibers;
- placing the entangled fibers into a mold;
- and
- drying the entangled fibers in the mold.
2 more elements
An implantable medical device, comprising:
- a structure defining a void;
- and
- a bone-based product, wherein the bone-based product is adapted to fit within the void, wherein when the bone-based product exerts an expansion pressure of about 1 MPa to about 10 MPa within the void.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.