Patent ID: 11918705
Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of treating a bone cavity, the method comprising:
providing an osteoinductive implant,
the osteoinductive implant being irradiated with electron beam radiation at a dose of from about 10 kilograys to 100 kilograys for a period of time to reduce microorganisms in the osteoinductive implant, the osteoinductive implant containing demineralized bone matrix (DBM) fibers having a length from about 1 to about 70 micrometers and being free of a carrier, wherein the electron beam irradiated osteoinductive implant retains at least about 80% osteoinductive properties; and
implanting the irradiated osteoinductive implant into the bone cavity.