Patent ID: 8894958

Claim:
A galliated calcium-phosphate biomaterial comprising a compound selected from a gallium-doped phosphocalcic compound of formula (1): Ca (10.5-1.5x) Ga x (PO 4 ) 7 (1) wherein 0≦x≦1 and characterized in that it crystallizes at least partially in the space group R3c with cell parameters varying in the following range, as a function of the Ga content: a=10.31-10.44 Å, c=37.15-37.5 Å, α=90°; β=90° and γ=120° and/or characterized by a Ca/P ratio comprised between 1.44 and 1.67 and an X-ray powder diffraction broad lines at 2θ˜26° (medium) and ˜32° (strong), and hydrates thereof.