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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2009
Applicants:
Avram Allan Edidin, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Robert Wenz, Wollstadt, DE;
Jorg Meyer, Heusensstamm, DE;
Inventors:
Avram Allan Edidin, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Robert Wenz, Wollstadt, DE;
Jorg Meyer, Heusensstamm, DE;
Assignees:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Sanatis GmbH, Heusensstamm, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 12/02 (2006.01); C04B 16/08 (2006.01); C04B 20/00 (2006.01); C04B 38/00 (2006.01); C09K 3/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (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.