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Meaning of "osteoimplant"
osteoimplant (noun): A type of implant used in osteopathic surgery to repair bone defects or fractures by promoting bone growth and regeneration
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- An implant in a bone
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The osteoimplant may alternatively be referred to as a bone insert.
In certain embodiments at least additives are attached to the osteoimplant.
The osteoimplant may be molded into any suitable shape.
This gap is filled in vivo vía expansion of the osteoimplant.
The osteoimplant is formed as follows.
The osteoinductive composition may form an osteoimplant useful in clinical applications.
The resulting osteoimplant was washed in water to remove excess chemicals.
Crosslinking can be performed in order to improve the strength of the osteoimplant.
The resulting osteoimplant is expansive.
The osteoimplant may further exhibit osteoinductive and osteoconductive characteristics.
Expansion properties may be imparted to the osteoimplant in any suitable manner.
The osteoimplant may be used with another device or on its own.
The following examples are further illustrations of the osteoimplant of this invention.
An osteoimplant substantially free of liquid will exhibit increased expansion characteristics.
The description also discloses generally a method for manufacturing the osteoimplant.
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The osteoimplant may be configured to expand to approximately the precompression size.
Partial tubular as well as flat plates can be fabricated from the osteoimplant.
The osteoimplant can be machined or shaped by any suitable mechanical shaping means.
Particles treated in this way also contribute to the osteoinductivity of the osteoimplant.
The osteoimplant is then washed to remove all leachable traces of the chemical.
Observations were made relating to damage and whether the osteoimplant could be fully inserted.
The osteoimplant maintains its shape and cohesiveness upon absorption of fluid.
The intervertebral device provides structural support while the osteoimplant provides osteoinduction and osteoconduction characteristics.
The osteoimplant is thus configured to generally correspond to the dimensions of the internal chamber.
Materials used to manufacture the osteoimplant may be chosen with deference to these characteristics.
Upon exposure to liquid in vivo, the osteoimplant expands.
The osteoimplant is claimed to maintain its shape and cohesiveness upon absorption of fluid.
In some embodiments, the osteoimplant may be shaped.
The osteoimplant may be designed and configured to be received into any suitable implant device.
A method of fabricating an osteoimplant which comprises,.
The osteoimplant may be inserted into the intervertebral body fusión device in its first state.
In some embodiments, the osteoimplant may comprise a synthetic material.
A method for manufacturing a load-bearing osteoinductive osteoimplant comprising,.
Increased compression of the osteoimplant may lead to increased expansion characteristics in the osteoimplant.
The wet compressive strength of the osteoimplant exceeded 3 MPa.
Generally, the osteoimplant comprises an expandable material.
In another aspect, the invention is a method of producing a composite osteoimplant.
As shown, the osteoimplant expands to maximize endplate contact.
Generally, increased compression leads to increased expansion characteristics in the osteoimplant.
An osteoimplant prepared by the method of claim 5.
Optionally, the partially demineralized osteoimplant can be formed into a laminate.
Thus, the osteoimplant may alternatively be referred to as a bone insert.
Nondemineralized bone particles, however, need not be included in the osteoimplant.
Such an osteoimplant includes a polymer and bone-derived particles.
In this embodiment of the invention, the osteoimplant is thin and without form memory.
Such an osteoimplant can be fabricated by the method defined in claim 1.
Upon absorption of fluids, the porous osteoimplant maintains its shape and cohesiveness.
The osteoimplant of claim 35 wherein the cavity or depression contains a flowable osteogenic material.
In one embodiment, the osteoimplant may be compressed and dried.
Also described herein, but not part of the invention, is a method of preparing an osteoimplant.
