Patent ID: 8685099
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An osteoimplant comprising a plurality of first portions and a second portion, wherein the portions are threadingly engaged with one another to form the desired osteoimplant, wherein the second portion extends along an axis between a first end surface and a second end surface, at least one of the end surfaces including a plurality of ridges configured to engage bone, the second portion including an inner surface defining a plurality of recessed sections extending parallel to the axis for receiving the plurality of first portions, wherein at least one of the plurality of recessed sections only partially extend into the second portion such that the plurality of first portions are spaced apart from at least one of the first and second end surfaces when the plurality of first portions are disposed in the plurality of recessed sections, and wherein the second portion comprises particles of cortical bone and the first portion comprises particles of cancellous bone, the osteoimplant comprising approximately 10% to about 95% particles of cortical and cancellous bone by weight, wherein each of the plurality of recessed sections extends along a second axis, and wherein at least two of the second axes of the plurality of the recessed sections are transverse to each other.