Osteogenic implants derived from bone
AssigneeOsteotech, Inc.
InventorsTodd M. Boyce, David Kaes, Nelson L. Scarborough
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Abstract
An osteogenic osteoimplant in the form of a flexible sheet comprising a coherent mass of bone-derived particles, the osteoimplant having a void volume not greater than about 32% and a method of making an osteogenic osteoimplant having not greater than about 32% void volume, the method comprising: providing a coherent mass of bone-derived particles; and, mechanically shaping the coherent mass of bone-derived particles to form an osteogenic osteoimplant in the form of a flexible sheet.
Claims31
An osteoimplant in the form of a flexible sheet comprising a coherent mass of elongate bone-derived particles possessing a void volume of not greater than 32%.
An osteoimplant comprising a coherent mass of elongate bone-derived particles and a binder, said mass possessing a void volume of not greater than 32%.
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