Patent ID: 9610143
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61C,A61F,A61K

Claim:
1. A method comprising: decalcifying whole bone by contacting the bone with a decalcifying solution, wherein the bone comprises whole trabecular bone; applying force to compress the decalcified whole bone from a first form to a second form, the second form having a conical shape and compressed relative to the first form, wherein the bone is hydrated when compressed; drying the decalcified and compressed whole bone while maintaining compression, wherein, when dried, the bone substantially retains the second form, and wherein drying comprises hypothermically dehydrating the bone using hypothermic dehydration; and inserting the decalcified, compressed and dried whole bone at a post extraction tooth socket, wherein the decalcified bone in the first form defines empty trabecular spaces that are reduced or obliterated when the decalcified bone is compressed to the second form, and wherein, when rehydrated following insertion at the post extraction tooth socket, the decalcified bone decompresses to obliterate space between the decalcified bone and the tooth socket and the empty trabecular spaces allow vascular ingrowth and reossification.