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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:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shih-Liang S. Yang, Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Unicare Biomedical, Inc., Laguna Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 ;
Abstract
Compositions useful for repairing osseous defects and healing of wounds and burns include particulate bioactive and biocompatible glass including 40 to 58% by weight silica, 10 to 32% by weight calcia, 10 to 32% by weight soda, 2 to 10% by weight phosphorus pentoxide and 0 to 8% by weight silver oxide. The particles have a size distribution of: less than 500 microns. Methods for repairing osseous defects, healing wounds and burns utilizing such compositions are also provided.