Patent ID: 8597675

Claim:
A method of preparing an osteoproductive composite comprising: a) blending polyetheretherketone particles and bioactive glass particles to form a particle mixture, wherein the bioactive glass particles have an average particle size of from about 10 microns to about 400 microns, and the polyetheretherketone particles have an average particle size of about 1 to about 400 microns; b) adding a polar organic solvent to the particle mixture to form a mixture containing a weight ratio of the solvent to the particle mixture of about 1:1 to about 4:1, wherein the solvent contains less than about 5% by weight of water; c) agitating the mixture for period of time and under conditions sufficient to achieve substantial homogeneity of the mixture; and d) removing substantially all of the solvent from the mixture to obtain substantially homogeneous particle mixture.