Methods of performing medical procedures that promote bone growth, method of making compositions that promote bone growth, and apparatus for use in such methods
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1. A bone-growth promoting composition, comprising:
- an osteoconductive polyurethane composition having in its cured state an average pore size ranging from about 5 microns to about 500 microns and a compressive strength consistent for use in bone repair, wherein the polyurethane composition is suitable for use in vivo;
calcium carbonate present in an amount ranging from about 0.01% to about 55% by weight of the composition, wherein the polyurethane composition is made by the process of combining a polyol, an isocyanate, and water, and the water is present in an amount ranging from about 0.05% to about 1% by weight of the composition.
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Abstract
Methods of performing medical procedures, and methods of making bone-growth-promoting compositions useful in performing medical procedures are provided. Apparatus useful both in methods of performing medical procedures, and in methods of making bone-growth-promoting compositions useful in performing medical procedures, are provided. The bone-growth-promoting compositions made according to the disclosed methods are biocompatible, and are adapted to stimulate bone growth when positioned in contact with, or in the vicinity of, a bone of a mammal.
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1. A bone-growth promoting composition, comprising:
- an osteoconductive polyurethane composition having in its cured state an average pore size ranging from about 5 microns to about 500 microns and a compressive strength consistent for use in bone repair, wherein the polyurethane composition is suitable for use in vivo;
calcium carbonate present in an amount ranging from about 0.01% to about 55% by weight of the composition, wherein the polyurethane composition is made by the process of combining a polyol, an isocyanate, and water, and the water is present in an amount ranging from about 0.05% to about 1% by weight of the composition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- an osteoconductive polyurethane composition having in its cured state an average pore size ranging from about 5 microns to about 500 microns and a compressive strength consistent for use in bone repair, wherein the polyurethane composition is suitable for use in vivo;
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