Use of a porous calcium carbonate based material as support of a growth factor in the preparation of a bioabsorbable implant
AssigneeInoteb
InventorsJean-Louis Patat, Jean-Pierre Ouhayoun
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Abstract
A method for treating a living organism includes fitting in the living organism a bioabsorbable implant. The bioabsorbable implant includes a support of porous calcium carbonate based material for supporting at least one growth factor. The calcium carbonate based support material forms an external wall of the support.
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A method of treating a living organism comprising fitting in said living organism a bioabsorbable implant having a support of porous calcium carbonate based material supporting at least one growth factor, said support being free of collagen in a case when said growth factor is an osteoinductive factor and wherein said calcium carbonate based material comprises an external wall.
A method of preparing a bioabsorbable implant having a porous calcium carbonate support as a support for at least one non-osteoinductive growth factor, comprising forming a porous calcium carbonate support and applying on said calcium carbonate support a solution or a gel containing said at least one non-osteoinductive growth factor.
A bioabsorbable implant to be fitted in a living organism, comprising a support including a porous calcium carbonate based material and at least one growth factor, said calcium carbonate support containing said at least one growth factor and having an unmodified surface.
A method of treating a living organism comprising fitting in said living organism a bioabsorbable implant having a support consisting essentially of a porous calcium carbonate based material supporting at least one growth factor, said support being free of collagen in a case when said growth factor is an osteoinductive factor.
A bioabsorbable implant to be fitted in a living organism, comprising a support consisting essentially of a porous calcium carbonate based material and at least one growth factor, said calcium carbonate support containing said at least one growth factor.
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