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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2002
Robert K. O'Leary, Deltaville, VA (US);
Jan Zajdowicz, Lakewood, CO (US);
Lloyd Wolfinbarger, Jr., Virginia Beach, VA (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a process for producing demineralized osteoinductive bone, and demineralized osteoinductive bone produced thereby. The process achieves demineralization of bone by subjecting bone, including for example ground bone, bone cubes, chips, strips, or essentially intact bone, to a rapid continuous acid demineralization process. The process includes subjecting bone to a continuous exchange of demineralizing acid solution where the demineralizing acid solution is recirculated from the substantially closed container through an ion exchange media to remove calcium and phosphate thereby producing a regenerated acid, and returning the regenerated acid to the substantially closed container to produce osteoinductive demineralized bone. The process allows bone to be rapidly demineralized to a precise and specific desired residual calcium level, without sacrificing osteoinductivity.