Abstract:
An antipathogenic biomedical implant is formed throughout its structure of a matrix material comprising at least about 1 weight percent of a photocatalytically active filler which exhibits an antipathogenic effect upon irradiation with light. The photocatalytically active filler is arranged in the matrix material in the implant to receive light irradiated from an external light source. In another embodiment, an antipathogenic biomedical implant comprises at least about 1 weight percent of a photocatalytically active material which exhibits an antipathogenic effect upon irradiation with light, wherein the photocatalytically active material is arranged in the implant to receive light irradiated from an external light source. Methods for providing an antipathogenic biomedical implant, methods for reducing pathogens on a biomedical implant, methods for reducing the bioburden in a biomedical implant installation, and kits for providing an antipathogenic biomedical implant employ the antipathogenic biomedical implants.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a ceramic precursor composition for resorbable or partly resorbable high-strength bioelements, wherein the precursor composition comprises 40-70 wt-% of one or more silicate with Ca as the main cation, 40-20 wt- % of a Ca-sulphate, and greater than 0 wt-% to less than 10 wt-% of an acidic soluble Ca-salt, the remainder, if any, comprises additives. The invention also relates to a slurry, a cured material, a medical implant, and a carrier material for drug delivery made from said precursor composition, as well as a method of manufacturing said a cured chemically bonded ceramic material.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a coated implant for in vivo-anchoring of implants to a biological tissue or another implant, which coated implant comprises an implant having a pre-treated surface and on said pre-treated surface one or more layers of ceramic material chemically and/or mechanically bound to said pre-treated surface. Said one or more layers comprises mainly non-hydrated chemically bonded ceramic material, and each layer independently comprises a first binder phase selected from the group consisting of aluminates, silicates, phosphates, sulphates and combinations thereof. The invention further relates to method of manufacturing said coated implant, a ceramic paste and to a kit comprising said coated implant and ceramic paste. The invention is particularly suitable for dental and orthopaedic implants.
Abstract:
Powdered material, the binder phase of which mainly consists of a cement-based system, which powdered material has the capacity following saturation with a lilquid reacting with the binder phase to hydrate to a chemically bonded ceramic material, preferably for dental purposes. According to the invention the powdered material has a composition and/or structure suitable for giving the ceramic material translucence in the hydrated state. The invention also relates to the ceramic material produced by hydration of the powdered material.
Abstract:
Refrigerated hydraulic cement compositions comprise a mixture of (a) β-tricalcium phosphate powder, (b) monocalcium phosphate comprising monocalcium phosphate anhydrous (MCPA), monocalcium phosphate monohydrate (MCPM), or a combination thereof, wherein a 0.1 g/ml saturated aqueous solution of the monocalcium phosphate has a p H less than 3.0, (c) non-aqueous water-miscible liquid, and (d) an aqueous hydrating liquid. The aqueous hydrating liquid is included in an amount of about 1-50 volume percent, based on the combined volume of the non-aqueous water-miscible liquid and the aqueous hydration liquid, and the refrigerated hydraulic cement composition is storage stable for greater than one day, without setting. Methods of forming hardened cements in vivo and/or for forming implants for use in vivo employ the hydraulic cement compositions.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the formation of a surface coating of an ion substituted calcium phosphate on a substrate, the coating itself and the use of said coating.
Abstract:
A meit-extruded substrate (e.g., fiim, nonwoven web, etc.) that contains a thermoplastic starch formed from a starch and plasticizer is provided. The starch and plasticizer are melt blended together in the presence of a weak organic acid (e.g., lactic acid, formic acid, acetic acid, etc.). By selectively controlling certain parameters of the melt blending process (e.g., extrusion temperature, content of the components, etc.), the present inventors have discovered that the starch may be hydrolyzed in a highly efficient manner to form compositions having a comparably lower weight average molecular weight, polydispersity index, and viscosity, which are particularly suitable for use in the formation of melt-extruded substrates.
Abstract:
A powdered material, the binder phase of which consisting of a cement-based system that has the capacity following saturation with a liquid reacting with the binder phase to hydrate to a chemically bonded ceramic material. According to the invention, the powdered material exists in the form of granules of powder particles, which granules exhibit a degree of compaction above 55 % and a mean size of 30 - 250 µm. The invention also relates to a raw compact of the powdered material and a method in connection with the manufacturing of a ceramic material from a powdered material. The invention also relates to a device for the powdered material.
Abstract:
A system for a chemically bonded ceramic material, comprising an aqueous hydration liquid and a powdered material, the binder phase of which essentially consisting of a cement system, which powdered material has the capacity following saturation with the hydration liquid reacting with the binder phase to hydrate to a chemically bonded ceramic material. According to the invention, the powdered material comprises a first part component for the formationof an organic phase in the ceramic material and the hydration liquid comprises a second part component for the formation of said organic phase. The invention also relates to the powdered material and the hydration liquid, respectively, the formed ceramic material, a method for the production of the material and a device for storing the powdered material and mixing it with the hydration liquid.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to mosaic implant (15) comprising a plurality of mosaic plates (17) connected by a wire or mesh anchoring arrangement (9). Methods for forming such implants and methods for using said implants for correction of bone and soft tissue defects are described.