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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2003
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Irie, Akishima, JP;
Hikaru Inoue, Higashimurayama, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Irie, Akishima, JP;
Hikaru Inoue, Higashimurayama, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An artificial bone comprising a calcium phosphate-based ceramic porous body having a plurality of pores which are three-dimensionally distributed throughout an entire region of the porous body including a surface thereof and have a diameter ranging from 0.01 μm to 2000 μm, and interconnecting portions which are formed between neighboring pores, interconnect a plurality of pores existing on a surface of the porous body.