Patent ID: 8287896
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: A61F,A61L

Abstract:
1. A scaffold for implantation into a mammal to facilitate vessel growth in repair, regeneration, and/or proliferation of bodily tissue, the scaffold comprising: a scaffold body of biocompatible material in a physical form selected from the group consisting of fibers, hollow fibers, tubes, ribbons, solid spheres, hollow spheres, particles, bonded particles, and combinations thereof which define a scaffold body having a weight between 10 milligrams and 500 grams, compressive strength greater than 0.4 mPa, and a surface area/bulk volume of between about 50 cm wherein the scaffold body has a porosity between about 15 and about 90 vol. % to provide fluid flow into the scaffold for uptake of bodily fluids; wherein the biocompatible material comprises from 50 to about 80 wt % B wherein the biocompatible material comprises Cu in a concentration between about 0.05 and 10 wt % chemically dissolved in the biocompatible material.