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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 02, 2012
Jonathan Dempsey Mccanless, Memphis, TN (US);
Warren Ollver Haggard, Bartlett, TN (US);
Jonathan Dempsey McCanless, Memphis, TN (US);
Warren Ollver Haggard, Bartlett, TN (US);
The University of Memphis Research Foundation, Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a process to facilitate osteochondral bone remodeling in a subject by inducing regeneration of this bone to a healthy, vascularized state capable of supporting the underlying hyaline cartilage of articular joints and spinal discs, both biomechanically and metabolically and to deliver a bioactive agent. This process involves the steps of: administering an effective amount of an injectable in situ curing biomaterial composite to a site. The biomaterial composite product is prepared by a process involving the steps: admixing an alginate solution with a nonporous aggregate of β-tricalcium phosphate, in a sufficient amount to initiate polymerization of the alginate solution, to form a hydrogel having from between 10 to 20 percent by volume of β-tricalcium phosphate.