Patent ID: 9393116
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A61F,A61L

Claim Text:
1. A method of repairing and/or treating bone comprising removing water from an osteoimplant to bring the osteoimplant to a dry state via drying the osteoimplant at a temperature of about 40° C. to about 50° C. for a period of time of about 1 to about 3 hours; implanting the osteoimplant at a repair site, the osteoimplant comprising a coherent aggregate of entangled elongate bone particles mixed with a biocompatible fluid carrier and wrapping the osteoimplant around a posterior element of a vertebra to permit spinal fusion, the osteoimplant having at least one region comprising demineralized bone particles and at least one region comprising non-demineralized bone particles, the osteoimplant being flexible when water has been removed and is implanted while in the dry state without being rehydrated prior to implantation, the osteoimplant further being formed as a strip at least one end of which possesses a tab for facilitating combination with another implant, the osteoimplant having a residual moisture of from about 0.6 to about 6.0 weight percent and a bulk density of 0.8 to about 1.2 g/cm 3 .