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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2010
Applicant:
Kevin J. Thorne, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Kevin J. Thorne, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer Orthobiologics, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/56 (2006.01); A61B 17/58 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A composition for the induction of bone growth is disclosed. The composition includes a substrate, bone growth protein, and sources of calcium and phosphate. The composition is acidic which promotes high activity of the bone growth protein. The calcium and phosphate sources can be provided as an acidic calcium phosphate salt. Also disclosed are methods of the making the composition and methods of using it.