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
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