Conversion Of Sea-Shells And Other Calcite-Based And Aragonite-Based Materials With Dense Structures Into Synthetic Materials For Implants And Other Structures And Devices
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1. An implant fabrication method, comprising:
- using a bulk calcium carbonate material in a dense structure to contact ammonium phosphate in a water solution; and
heating the bulk calcium carbonate material and the ammonium phosphate in the water solution to a temperature from about 150°
C. to about 250°
C. to produce a bulk dense hydroxyapatite material.
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Abstract
Bulk materials for implants and scaffolds made from hydrothermal conversion of bulk calcium carbonate materials with desired initial structures in order to utilize the mechanical and structural properties of the initial structures. Dense sea-shells, light-weighted sea urchin spines and strong marine bones such as cuttlebones are examples of bulk calcium carbonate materials with desired initial structures for producing various implants and scaffolds.
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19 Claims
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1. An implant fabrication method, comprising:
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using a bulk calcium carbonate material in a dense structure to contact ammonium phosphate in a water solution; and
heating the bulk calcium carbonate material and the ammonium phosphate in the water solution to a temperature from about 150°
C. to about 250°
C. to produce a bulk dense hydroxyapatite material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An implant fabrication method, comprising:
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using a piece of bulk marine bone to contact ammonium phosphate in a water solution; and
heating the bulk marine bone and the ammonium phosphate in the water solution to a temperature from about 150°
C. to about 250°
C. to produce a bulk hydroxyapatite material. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. An implant material, comprising a bulk hydroxyapatite material, which is produced by a process of:
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contacting a bulk calcium carbonate material in a dense structure of a natural material with ammonium phosphate in a water solution, and heating the bulk calcium carbonate material and the ammonium phosphate in the water solution to a temperature from about 150°
C. to about 250°
C. to produce the bulk hydroxyapatite material,wherein the bulk calcium carbonate is a bulk sea shell piece or a bulk piece of marine bone.
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8. An implant fabrication method, comprising:
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contacting a bulk piece of a sea urchin spine with ammonium phosphate in a water solution; and
heating the sea urchin spine and the ammonium phosphate in the water solution to a temperature from about 150°
C. to about 250°
C. to produce a bulk beta-tricalcium phosphate material. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. An implant material, comprising a bulk beta-tricalcium phosphate material, which is produced by a process of:
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contacting a bulk piece of a sea urchin spine with ammonium phosphate in a water solution, and heating the sea urchin spine and the ammonium phosphate in the water solution to a temperature from about 150°
C. to about 250°
C. to produce the bulk beta-tricalcium phosphate material. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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- 12. An implant, comprising a bulk beta-tricalcium phosphate material produced from a bulk natural marine material by a hydrothermal conversion process.
- 15. An implant, comprising a dense hydroxyapatite material converted from a bulk natural marine material by a hydrothermal conversion process.
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18. A method for transferring cells to a patient, comprising:
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planting cells harvested from a patient onto a bulk dense hydroxyapatite material substrate to grow and replicate the cells in vitro, wherein the bulk dense hydroxyapatite material substrate is synthesized from a bulk calcium carbonate material in a dense structure by contacting ammonium phosphate in a water solution in a hydrothermal process;
removing the cells from the bulk dense hydroxyapatite material substrate; and
surgically planting the removed cells into the patient. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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