Patent ID: 8133421
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: A61B,A61C,A61F,A61L,B33Y

Abstract:
1. A method for making a load-bearing osteoimplant which comprises: providing an aggregate containing a population of bone particles and, optionally, one or more optional components selected from the group consisting of binder, filler, plasticizer, wetting agent, surface active agent, biostatic/biocidal agent, bioactive substance, reinforcing material and reinforcing structure, wherein at least some of the bone particles in the population are not fully demineralized and at least some of the bone particles in the population are fibrous bone particles; and shaping the aggregate into a coherent mass in at least one shaping operation to provide a shaped composite having an initial configuration for subsequent shaping into a desired osteoimplant or a final configuration corresponding to that of the osteoimplant, wherein the shaped composite has a bulk density of greater than approximately 0.7 g/cm