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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Warsaw Orthopedic Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
William F. McKay, Memphis, TN (US);
Jeffrey L. Scifert, Arlington, TN (US);
Kathy Remsen, Germantown, TN (US);
Didier Billy, Maastricht, NL;
Mirian Gillissen, Gulpen, NL;
Scott M. Vickers, Hernando, MS (US);
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
Described are implantable, malleable medical materials comprising mineral particles, insoluble collagen fibers, and a gel-forming polysaccharide component and/or another added gel-former. The malleable medical materials can be used treat bone or other tissue defects in patients, including in conjunction with biologically active factors such as osteogenic proteins. Also described are methods and materials that can be used to prepare the malleable medical materials.