Patents Assigned to BIOCOMPOSITES LTD.
  • Patent number: 8563024
    Abstract: A biodegradable material for use in making items usable in surgery and related fields of medicine. The material comprising a bioabsorbable thermoplastic polymer component and a bioactive filler material. In components made of the material particles of the filler material occur embedded within the surface of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Biocomposites Ltd.
    Inventors: John Stephen Bratt, John Joseph Cooper, Russell David Waters
  • Publication number: 20070233145
    Abstract: A method of carrying out an opening wedge osteotomy, the method including forming a cut in the bone, locating inserts in guide holes formed in the cut, and applying a closing force to either side of the cut using a screw, plate or tension bands extending across the opening of the cut, to ensure compressive and tensile forces are developed across the cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: BIOCOMPOSITES LTD.
    Inventors: James Richardson, John Cooper, Russell Waters