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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
May. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Mukesh Kumar, Warsaw, IN (US);
Elizabeth a Schlueter, Leesburg, IN (US);
Inventors:
Mukesh Kumar, Warsaw, IN (US);
Elizabeth A Schlueter, Leesburg, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Manufacturing Corp., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A ceramic scaffold operable to support a defect in bone and a surrounding healthy tissue comprising a ceramic body having a plurality of pores, the pores having a bioactive material incorporated therein, wherein the bioactive material adheres to the ceramic body with a resorbable material adhesive. Methods of manufacture and methods of augment a bone defect site are also provided.