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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sung-Tsuen Liu, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106 35 ; 424602 ; 424696 ; 501-1 ; 106124 ;
Abstract
A new surgical cement is disclosed. This surgical cement comprises a hardened cement formed from a mixture comprising a cementing component selected from the group consisting of calcium components having a solubility in water at 25.degree. C. in the range of about 0.5 .times. 10.sup.-2 M to about 20 .times. 10.sup.-2 M and mixtures thereof; a setting component selected from the group consisting of water soluble salts of polyfunctional carboxylic acids containing 2 to about 10 carbon atoms, water soluble dibasic phosphate salts and mixtures thereof; and water in an amount effective to form a paste from the mixture which paste hardens into said hardened cement which is biocompatible.