Patent ID: 8697107
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: A61K,A61L,A61P

Abstract:
1. A flowable biomedical implant for application to a bone defect to promote bone growth, the flowable biomedical implant having an essential absence of collagen, the flowable biomedical implant comprising a carrier matrix, which comprises a biodegradable polysaccharide comprising sodium alginate and ceramic material disposed within the carrier matrix, the flowable biomedical implant having a cross-linked membrane formed at a surface of the carrier matrix by a cross-linking agent, the cross-linked membrane defining an uppermost outer surface of the implant and the cross-linked membrane also comprises the sodium alginate and the ceramic material, the cross-linking agent comprising from about 0.1 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of the carrier matrix, wherein a portion of the carrier matrix that does not contain the cross-linked membrane has a porosity of at least about 50%.