Segmentally demineralized bone implant
First Claim
1. A biologically acceptable implant comprising a unitary segment of cortical bone having a machined mineralized first end, a machined mineralized second end, and a flexible portion of demineralized cortical bone there between connecting said first end to said second end.
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Abstract
This application provides a novel unitary bone implant having at least one rigid, mineralized bone segment, which may be machined to include threads, grooves, a driver head, perforations, a recess, or a symmetric shape, and a flexible, demineralized segment, which may also be machined to any desired shape prior to demineralization, or after demineralization. The disclosed implant has wide orthopedic applicability, including but not limited to repair or replacement of ligaments, tendons, and joints and for inducing vertebral fusions and fractured bone repair.
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- 1. A biologically acceptable implant comprising a unitary segment of cortical bone having a machined mineralized first end, a machined mineralized second end, and a flexible portion of demineralized cortical bone there between connecting said first end to said second end.
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