Patent ID: 7585515

Claim:
A composition comprising a curable admixture of (A) a polymeric bone substitute which is an autograft, allograft, xenograft or alloplast or mixture thereof; (B) a crosslinkable prepolymer comprising (i) a linear polymer selected from the group consisting of linear, hydrophobic biodegradable polymers and linear non-degradable hydrophilic polymers; and (ii) at least one monomer or macromer containing at least one free radical polymerizable group, wherein at least one of the monomers or macromers includes an anhydride linkage and a polymerizable group selected from the group consisting of acrylate or methacrylate; (C) a biocompatible photoinitiator; and (D) one or both parts of a redox system containing an oxidizing component and a reducing component.