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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2009
Applicants:
Thomas Buckland, Aylesbury, GB;
Charles Campion, Barnet, GB;
Inventors:
Thomas Buckland, Aylesbury, GB;
Charles Campion, Barnet, GB;
Assignee:
ApaTech Limited, Elstree, Hertfordshire, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61K 33/42 (2006.01); C01B 15/16 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); A61L 27/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61L 27/12 (2013.01); A61F 2/28 (2013.01); A61L 2430/02 (2013.01); Y10T 428/2982 (2015.01);
Abstract
A synthetic osteoinductive porous biomaterial is provided comprising: a network of interconnected micropores, wherein the microporosity is 23% by volume or more; wherein the surface free energy of the biomaterial is 19 mJ/m or more; and the mean interconnection diameter and the mean interconnection diameter and the surface free energy are chosen to provide a permeability resulting from the micropores of 0.206 nm2 or greater and a capillary pressure difference in water of 3.7 kPa or more. The biomaterial contains hydroxyapatite and silicon.