Patent ID: 8673016
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A61F,A61L,C03C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A synthetic bone prosthesis comprising: intertangled bioactive glass fibers; bonds between the intertangled bioactive glass fibers to form a rigid three-dimensional tissue scaffold; the bioactive glass fibers having crystal phase; pore space within the rigid three-dimensional tissue scaffold predetermined by volatile components, the volatile components being interspersed within the intertangled bioactive fibers and removed during the formation of the bonds; and the crystal phase and the bonds formed using an exothermic reaction of the volatile components wherein the pore space creates a porosity between 40% and 85% in the synthetic bone prosthesis wherein the intertangled bioactive glass fiber comprises a mixture of bioactive glass fiber having different compositions wherein the mixture of bioactive glass fiber having different compositions comprises a bioactive fiber having a first composition and a bioactive fiber having a second composition and wherein the bioglass fibers having a crystal phase is one of the bioactive fibers having a first composition and the bioactive fibers having a second composition.