Patent ID: 11896612
Assignee: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A

Claim 2:
3. A method of fabricating the bioactive glass-ceramic scaffold according to claim 1, the method comprising:
obtaining glass-ceramic microparticles particles, the glass-ceramic microparticles optionally doped with silver (Ag);
preparing a polymer slurry by combining and mixing water, a polymer, and the glass-ceramic microparticles particles;
submerging a porous foam having a predetermined three-dimensional shape into the polymer slurry;
drying the polymer slurry in the porous foam to generate a coated foam;
burning out the coated foam to form a scaffold precursor; and
sintering the scaffold precursor to form the bioactive glass-ceramic scaffold.