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

Claim 0:
1. A bioactive glass-ceramic scaffold comprising:
an interconnected web of struts that define a three dimensional porous structure, the struts comprising a glass-ceramic material system synthesized from SiO2, CaO, P2O5, Al2O3, Na2O, K2O, and optionally Ag2O, the glass-ceramic material system including an amorphous phase and at least one crystalline phase, the struts having an average width of greater than or equal to about 50 μm to less than or equal to about 150 μm,
wherein the bioactive glass-ceramic scaffold has antibiotic activity,
wherein the bioactive glass-ceramic scaffold promotes proliferation and differentiation of cells that are in contact with the bioactive glass-ceramic scaffold, and
wherein the bioactive glass-ceramic scaffold has a compressive strength of greater than or equal to about 0.1 MPa to less than or equal to about 2 MPa.