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Bone substitute compositions and method of use

  • US 8,168,692 B2
  • Filed: 04/27/2005
  • Issued: 05/01/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A bone cement composition consisting essentially of:

  • a mineral component that hardens in an aqueous environment, wherein said mineral component is selected from the group consisting of calcium sulfate-anhydrous, calcium sulfate-dihydrate, calcium sulfate α

    -hemihydrate, calcium sulfate β

    -hemihydrate, and combinations thereof; and

    a non-aqueous component having an aqueous replacement characteristic that causes the composition to harden to a crystalline state in vivo when the non-aqueous component is replaced with aqueous body fluid.

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