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Polymeric acrylic prothesis

  • US 4,535,485 A
  • Filed: 03/12/1982
  • Issued: 08/20/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A packing material for forming in vivo prosthetic implants for hard tissue, the packing material comprising disjoint micron sized particles, each particle having an inner core comprised of a first biologically-compatible polymeric material and having an outer coating generally surrounding the inner core, the outer coating being comprised of a second biologically-compatible polymeric material, the second polymeric material being hydrophilic and having a composition different from the composition of the first polymeric material, each particle incorporating a sufficient quantity of barium sulfate to render a prosthetic implant formed of a compacted mass of the particles visible in an X-ray radiograph, the particles being of a size to permit a mass of the disjoint particles to be packed in a body cavity having at least one surface comprised of a hard tissue to form a prosthetic implant for the hard tissue with interstices between compacted particles of the prosthetic implant forming pores into which tissue can grow.

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