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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2006
Applicants:
Avram Allan Edidin, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Robert Wenz, Wollstadt, DE;
Jörg Meyer, Heusensstamm, DE;
Inventors:
Avram Allan Edidin, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Robert Wenz, Wollstadt, DE;
Jörg Meyer, Heusensstamm, DE;
Assignees:
Sanatis GmbH, , DE;
Kyphon SARL, , CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 33/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A self-foaming bone cement is described herein. In one variation, the bone cements include a self setting calcium phosphate cement formulation which when cured, forms macroscopic pores of varying sizes and densities with sufficient surface area to provide substantial regions for bone turnover.