Fibrous bone filler and process of producing the same
AssigneesToa Nenryo Kogyo K. K., Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShoichi Mori, Shigeo Fujii, Masao Yoshizawa, Kenji Miyasaka, Jyoichi Tabuchi, Kazufumi Egawa, Minoru Hirano, Yoshikazu Yoshida
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Abstract
A fibrous bone filler having an excellent biocompatibility. The bone filler comprises fibers containing hydroxyl apatite. The hydroxyl apatite is "intact", that is, the hydroxyl apatite substantially retains its hydroxyl groups.
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A method of filling a void in a bond which comprises filling the void with a fibrous bone filler comprising fibers containing intact hydroxyl apatite formed by solution spinning an aqueous suspension comprised of 5 to 70 percent by weight of hydroxyl apatite, 5 to 40 percent by weight of a water-soluble binder and 10 to 90 percent by weight of water, wherein said fibrous bone filler is immersed in an immersion liquid selected from the group consisting of water, physiological saline, chondroitin solution, and hyaluronic solution.
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