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Synthesis of reactive amorphous calcium phosphates
Assignee: Etex Corp
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Filing: 1995-12-29
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Granted: 1997-07-22
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Expires: 2015-12-29
Abstract
Abstract The present invention provides a novel process for converting a standard inert amorphous calcium phosphate precipitate into highly reactive amorphous solids. The amorphous solids can be used to react with other calcium phosphate solids to form a poorly-crystalline synthetic hydroxyapatite that provides both bioactivity and structural integrity. This novel amorphous material can be reacted with other calcium phosphates at or below 37° C. to form a bone-like material consisting of poorly crystalline hydroxyapatite.
Inventors
- 👤 Dosuk D. Lee
- 👤 Christian Rey
- 👤 Maria Aiolova
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-27 23:51
CPC Classifications
C; C04; C04B; C04B28/00; C04B28/34; C04B28/344; A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/28; A61F2/30; A61F2/30756; A61K; A61K9/00; A61K9/20; A61K9/2004; A61K9/2009; A61L; A61L24/00; A61L24/02; A61L27/00; A61L27/02; A61L27/12; A61L27/36; A61L27/38; A61L27/40; A61L27/42; A61L27/425; C01; C01B; C01B25/00; C01B25/16; C01B25/26; C01B25/32; C01B25/321; C01B25/325; A61F2002/30001; A61F2002/30003; A61F2002/3006; A61F2002/30062; A61F2002/30762; A61F2/46; A61F2/4644; A61F2002/4648; A61F2210/00; A61F2210/0004; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00005; A61F2310/00179; A61F2310/00293; A61L2400/00; A61L2400/06; A61L2430/00; A61L2430/02; C04B2111/00; C04B2111/00474; C04B2111/00836; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S977/00; Y10S977/70; Y10S977/773; Y10S977/775; Y10S977/776; Y10S977/778; Y10S977/779; Y10S977/832; Y10S977/833; Y10S977/84; Y10S977/895; Y10S977/896; Y10S977/90; Y10S977/902; Y10S977/904; Y10S977/915; Y10S977/926
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
90 words
A method of preparing a poorly crystalline hydroxyapatite, comprising: providing a carbonated amorphous calcium phosphate material; removing at least a portion of the carbonate component from the carbonated amorphous calcium phosphate by thermal decomposition to form a decarbonated amorphous calcium phosphate; combining the decarbonated amorphous calcium phosphate and a second calcium phosphate in an aqueous medium without exothermic behavior, the second calcium phosphate and amorphous calcium phosphate present in a proportion to provide a Ca/P ratio characteristic of an apatitic calcium phosphate, whereby a hardened poorly crystalline hydroxyapatite is formed.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
90 words
A method of preparing a poorly crystalline hydroxyapatite, comprising: providing a carbonated amorphous calcium phosphate material; removing at least a portion of the carbonate component from the carbonated amorphous calcium phosphate by thermal decomposition to form a decarbonated amorphous calcium phosphate; combining the decarbonated amorphous calcium phosphate and a second calcium phosphate in an aqueous medium without exothermic behavior, the second calcium phosphate and amorphous calcium phosphate present in a proportion to provide a Ca/P ratio characteristic of an apatitic calcium phosphate, whereby a hardened poorly crystalline hydroxyapatite is formed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
58 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the second calcium phosphate is selected from the group consisting of CaHPO 4 .2H 2 O (dicalcium phosphate dihydrate), Ca(PO 3 ) 2 (calcium metaphosphates), Ca 7 (P 5 O 16 ) 2 (heptacalcium phosphate), Ca 2 P 2 O 7 (calcium pyrophosphate) and Ca 3 (PO 4 ) 2 (tricalcium phosphates).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the second calcium phosphate powder is amorphous or microcrystalline.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising: adding a bone regenerative protein to the mixture.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising: adding an antibiotic to the mixture.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
77 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the carbonated amorphous calcium phosphate material is obtained by precipitating a carbonated amorphous calcium phosphate from an aqueous solution comprising calcium ions, phosphate ions and carbonate ions and the thermal decomposition comprises heating the carbonated amorphous calcium phosphate under conditions which retain the amorphous character of the calcium phosphate, said conditions selected to remove at least a portion of residual aqueous medium and at least a portion of the carbonate ion.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the reactive amorphous calcium phosphate and the second calcium phosphate are mixed together prior to addition of the aqueous medium such that no prereaction occurs between the decarbonated amorphous calcium phosphate and the second calcium phosphate prior to addition of the aqueous medium.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the aqueous medium is buffered to a physiologically acceptable pH.
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