Resorbable bone implant material and method for producing the same
First Claim
1. Resorbable bone implant material prepared from a powdery component containing hydroxyl apatite and from a liquid, wherein the powdery component consists essentially of a mixture of hydroxyl apatite powder and calcium sulfate powder wherein the BET surface area ratio of the mixture of apatite nanoparticles and calcium sulfate particles is approximately 150 m2/g:
- 2 m2/g, and that the hydroxyl apatite powder consists of synthetically produced, precipitated crystalline nanoparticles of high purity, which have a crystal size of 10-20 nm width and 50-60 nm length.
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Abstract
The powdery component of the implant material consists essentially of a mixture of hydroxyl apatite powder and calcium sulfate powder, wherein the hydroxyl apatite powder consists of synthetically prepared, precipitated crystalline nanoparticles of high purity, which have a crystal size of 10-20 nm width and 50-60 nm length.
The specific absorbing BET surface area of the nanocrystals is preferably 100-150 m2/g.
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1. Resorbable bone implant material prepared from a powdery component containing hydroxyl apatite and from a liquid, wherein the powdery component consists essentially of a mixture of hydroxyl apatite powder and calcium sulfate powder wherein the BET surface area ratio of the mixture of apatite nanoparticles and calcium sulfate particles is approximately 150 m2/g:
- 2 m2/g, and that the hydroxyl apatite powder consists of synthetically produced, precipitated crystalline nanoparticles of high purity, which have a crystal size of 10-20 nm width and 50-60 nm length.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. Method for preparing a bone implant material from a powdery component containing hydroxyl apatite with water, wherein the powdery component is prepared by mixing of 85-55 wt. % hydroxyl apatite powder of synthetically produced precipitated nanoparticles of high-purity hydroxyl apatite having a crystal size of 10-20 nm width and 50-60 nm length with 15-45 wt. % calcium sulfate powder in form of a high-purity α
- -subhydrate with n*H2O (wherein n<
1 and approximately 0.5), and the produced powder mixture is prepared with a fraction of 100-200 wt. % sterile water into an initially viscous mass, which subsequently solidifies to form a body. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
- -subhydrate with n*H2O (wherein n<
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