Abstract: A composite is disclosed having a controlled rate of dissolution. The composite includes (a) a first region that includes a first composition that includes calcium sulfate, the first region exhibiting a first rate of dissolution; and (b) a second region that includes a second composition that includes calcium sulfate, the second region exhibiting a second rate of dissolution, the first rate of dissolution being different from the second rate of dissolution.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 5, 2004
Publication date:
December 9, 2004
Applicant:
Wright Medical Technology, Inc. a Delaware corporation
Inventors:
Warren Oliver Haggard, Michael Earl Kaufman, Jack Eldon Parr, Linda Morris