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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
May. 08, 2015
206 Ortho, Inc., Deerfield, NH (US);
Jeffrey A. D'Agostino, Deerfield, NH (US);
Robert S. Whitehouse, Lexington, MA (US);
Arthur Watterson, Nashua, NH (US);
Werner Blank, Wilton, CT (US);
Charles Hegedus, Allentown, PA (US);
Sandip Agarwal, Arlington, MA (US);
Elizabeth Nelson, Wellesley, MA (US);
206 ORTHO, Inc., Deerfield, NH (US);
Abstract
A composite comprising: a barrier, said barrier being configured to selectively pass water, and said barrier being degradable in the presence of water; a matrix material for disposition within said barrier, wherein said matrix material has a flowable state and a set state, and wherein said matrix material is degradable in the presence of water; and at least one reinforcing element for disposition within said barrier and integration with said matrix material, wherein said at least one reinforcing element is degradable in the presence of water, and further wherein, upon the degradation of said at least one reinforcing element in the presence of water, provides an agent for modulating the degradation rate of said matrix material in the presence of water.