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Claims for Patent: 8,734,525


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Summary for Patent: 8,734,525
Title:Osteoinductive demineralized cancellous bone
Abstract: An osteoinductive demineralized bone matrix, corresponding osteoimplants, and methods for making the osteoinductive demineralized bone matrix are disclosed. The osteoinductive demineralized bone matrix may be prepared by providing demineralized bone and altering the collagenous structure of the bone. The osteoinductive demineralized bone matrix may also be prepared by providing demineralized bone and compacting the bone, for example via mechanical compaction, grinding into a particulate, or treatment with a chemical. Additives such as growth factors or bioactive agents may be added to the osteoinductive demineralized bone matrix. The osteoinductive demineralized bone matrix may form an osteogenic osteoimplant. The osteoimplant, when implanted in a mammalian body, may induce at the locus of the implant the full developmental cascade of endochondral bone formation including vascularization, mineralization, and bone marrow differentiation. The osteoinductive demineralized bone matrix may also be used as a delivery device to administer bioactive agents.
Inventor(s): Behnam; Keyvan (Red Bank, NJ), Forsyth; Nanette (Bayville, NJ), Russell; James (Little Silver, NJ), Winterbottom; John (Howell, NJ), Boyce; Todd (Matawan, NJ)
Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. (Warsaw, IN)
Application Number:12/140,025
Patent Claims:1. An osteoinductive composition comprising: a compacted cancellous bone structure, wherein the cancellous bone is at least partially demineralized cancellous bone, the at least partially demineralized cancellous bone having been treated with collagenase to digest or modify collagen fibers of said cancellous bone and increase the osteoinductive activity of the bone; wherein the compacted, at least partially demineralized cancellous bone exhibits increased osteoinductive activity when compared to untreated at least partially demineralized cancellous bone.

2. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, wherein the composition has a histologic osteoinductivity score of at least 1 on a 4 point scale.

3. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, wherein the composition induces bone formation in higher order species.

4. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, wherein the composition exhibits a solid structure at room temperature and substantially liquefies when implanted in a body.

5. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, wherein the composition has enhanced solubility when compared to solubility of untreated at least partially demineralized bone matrix.

6. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, wherein the trabecular structure of the treated at least partially demineralized cancellous bone is compacted when compared to trabecular structure of untreated at least partially demineralized cancellous bone.

7. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, wherein the at least partially demineralized cancellous bone exhibits a trabecular density that is increased when compared to untreated at least partially demineralized cancellous bone.

8. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, wherein at least 25% of the collagen fibers of the treated at least partially demineralized cancellous bone are digested or modified when compared to collagen of untreated at least partially demineralized cancellous bone.

9. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, wherein at least 50% of the collagen fibers of the treated at least partially demineralized cancellous bone are digested or modified.

10. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, wherein the at least partially demineralized cancellous bone is compacted and wherein the composition retains its shape in water for a predetermined period of time.

11. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, wherein the at least partially demineralized cancellous bone is particulated and reformed into an implant.

12. The osteoinductive composition of claim 11, wherein the implant further comprises a carrier.

13. The osteoinductive composition of claim 12, wherein the carrier is a polymer and wherein the cancellous bone is treated after blending with the polymer.

14. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, further comprising at least partially demineralized cortical bone that has been treated to increase the osteoinductive activity of the bone.

15. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, further comprising at least partially demineralized corticocancellous bone that has been treated to increase the osteoinductive activity of the bone.

16. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, further comprising a bioactive agent.

17. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, wherein native inductive materials of the at least partially demineralized bone matrix are substantially exposed.

18. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, further comprising at least one inductive material.

19. The osteoinductive composition of claim 1, wherein the demineralized cancellous bone is further exposed to a chemical treatment.

20. The osteoinductive composition of claim 19, wherein the chemical is chosen from the group consisting of cyanogen bromide, guanidinium HCl, alkylating agents, and lithium chloride.

21. An osteoinductive composition comprising: a compacted cancellous bone structure, wherein the cancellous bone is at least partially demineralized cancellous bone, the at least partially demineralized cancellous bone having been treated with collagenase to alter the structure of collagen and increase the osteoinductive activity of the bone; wherein the compacted, at least partially demineralized cancellous bone exhibits increased osteoinductive activity when compared to untreated at least partially demineralized cancellous bone.

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