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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2018
Warsaw Orthopedic Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Jeffrey M. Gross, Vancouver, CA;
Steve Peckham, Memphis, TN (US);
Jeffrey L. Scifert, Arlington, TN (US);
Jeffrey Badura, Cordova, TN (US);
Nelson Scarborough, Germantown, TN (US);
Scott Vickers, Hernando, MS (US);
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
In certain described embodiments, implantable medical materials comprise a scaffolding material, a liquid organic binder, and entrapped calcium-containing particles. The medical materials can incorporate an osteoinductive factor such as a protein. The scaffolding material can bind the factor. In additional described embodiments, implantable medical materials include an osteoconductive scaffolding material, an incorporated osteoinductive factor, and a biodegradable barrier material effective to delay release of the factor from the scaffolding material. The scaffolding material can bind the factor. Also described a methods for preparing and implanting the described medical materials.