IRRADIATED IMPLANTABLE BONE MATERIAL
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Abstract
A method for making an implantable bone material. The method includes providing a bone composition consisting essentially of demineralized human bone, and irradiating the composition at a temperature less than about 0° C.
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30 Claims
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1-16. -16. (canceled)
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17. A method for producing demineralized bone compositions having uniform osteoinductivity, the method comprising:
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(a) obtaining bone portions from a human donor subject; (b) demineralizing the bone portions to produce demineralized bone portions having no osteoinductivity; and (c) irradiating the demineralized bone portions at a temperature less than about 0°
C. and at a dose of radiation sufficient to increase osteoinductivity to an Osteoinduction Grading Score of at least 2. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 23)
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24. An implantable bone material, comprising:
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(a) a demineralized bone material; and (b) a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier, wherein the demineralized bone material is made by a process comprising; (i) providing a bone composition consisting essentially of demineralized human bone having no osteoinductivity; and (ii) irradiating the composition at a temperature less than about 0°
C. and at a dose of radiation sufficient to increase osteoinductivity of the bone composition to an Osteoinduction Grading Score of at least 2. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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