Patent ID: 8221781
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: A61F,A61L

Abstract:
1. An osteoinductive powder comprising: (a) demineralized bone matrix (DBM) in an amount in the range of 40 to 70 wt %, wherein said DBM comprises particles having a particle size in the range of about 53 μm to about 850 μm, and (b) a calcium phosphate powder in an amount in the range of about 25 to about 60 wt %, wherein said osteoinductive powder forms a formable, self-hardening, poorly crystalline apatitic (PCA) calcium phosphate paste when admixed with a physiologically acceptable liquid, and wherein said paste is capable of hardening to form a PCA calcium phosphate having a compressive strength of greater than at least about 1 MPa.