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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Ian Robert Dunkley, Kingston, CA;
Reginald William Smith, Kingston, CA;
Inventors:
Ian Robert Dunkley, Kingston, CA;
Reginald William Smith, Kingston, CA;
Assignee:
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 47/04 (2006.01); A61P 1/02 (2006.01); A61P 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a high performance porous bioceramic composite that has a high compression strength resulting from the ability to compression form a bioceramic precursor material and a pore forming agent under a high pressure load prior to sintering and/or removing the pore forming agent. Methods of making and using the same are also provided. Optionally, a biopolymer and/or therapeutic agent may be infused into the pores thereby forming the bioceramic composite.