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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2004
Todd M. Boyce, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
David R. Kaes, Toms River, NJ (US);
Lawrence A. Shimp, Morganville, NJ (US);
John M. Winterbottom, Jackson, NJ (US);
Todd M. Boyce, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
David R. Kaes, Toms River, NJ (US);
Lawrence A. Shimp, Morganville, NJ (US);
John M. Winterbottom, Jackson, NJ (US);
Osteotech, Inc., Eatontown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A non-destructive method for evaluating the strength of cancellous bone includes the steps of performing at least two of the following tests on each cancellous bone of a population of cancellous bones: a manual compression test, an apparent density test, and an appearance test; determining a compressive strength for each cancellous bone based on the two tests performed; comparing the determined compressive strength of each cancellous bone against a predetermined compressive strength requirement; and, eliminating a subset of cancellous bone from the population of cancellous bone, which subset of cancellous bone fails to meet the predetermined compressive strength requirement.