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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Epibone, Inc., Brooklyn, NY (US);
Inventors:
Sarindr Bhumiratana, Oceanside, NY (US);
Eric Jeffries, Warrington, PA (US);
Melanie Horwitz, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
EPIBONE, INC., Brooklyn, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/46 (2006.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61L 27/44 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); C08L 67/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/46 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/446 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61L 2300/406 (2013.01); A61L 2300/604 (2013.01); A61L 2300/64 (2013.01); A61L 2430/02 (2013.01); C08L 67/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a porous polymer material (or scaffold), and more particularly to a polymer-ceramic composite having interconnected pores and a porosity of about 50% to 90%. The scaffold is bioresorbable and exhibits advantageous mechanical properties that mimic those found in natural bone. Methods of preparing the scaffolds and using them in skeletal tissue engineering applications (e.g., as bone grafts to repair osteochondral defects and ligaments) is also described.