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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2004
Yann Lepetitcorps, Leognan, FR;
Jean-christophe Fricain, Bordeaux, FR;
Vincent Souillac, Bordeaux, FR;
Alain Largeteau, Cestas, FR;
Roland Schmitthaeusler, Montigny le Bretonneux, FR;
Yann Lepetitcorps, Leognan, FR;
Jean-Christophe Fricain, Bordeaux, FR;
Vincent Souillac, Bordeaux, FR;
Alain Largeteau, Cestas, FR;
Roland Schmitthaeusler, Montigny le Bretonneux, FR;
Biocoral Inc., Wilminton, DE (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of extracting organic substances present in coral, which consists in treating the coral with a fluid or a mixture of fluids in the supercritical state without modifying the crystalline structure of said coral, at a temperature of less than 270° C. and at a pressure which is much higher than the critical pressure of said fluid or mixture of fluids, for example of the order of at least 3 times, and preferably at least 5 times said critical pressure. It also provides coral obtained by said method and bone substitutes fabricated from said coral.