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Hardening material for medical and dental use
Assignee: Nitta Gelatin Inc
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Filing: 1989-06-22
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Granted: 1993-06-29
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Expires: 2009-06-22
Abstract
Abstract This invention relates to a hardening material for medical and dental use, in which at least either one or both of α-tricalcium phosphate and tetracalcium phosphate as an essential component and, as a hardening adjuster, the following 1 tannin, 2 tannin and collagen, 3 collagen and an organic acid, 4 tannin, collagen, and an organic acid, 5 tannin and an organic acid, or 6 at least two kinds or organic acids.
Inventors
- 👤 Hironobu Oonishi
- 👤 Fumihito Sugihara
- 👤 Takashi Ishii
- 👤 Kaneo Suzuki
- 👤 Seiko Hata
- 👤 Toshikazu Takano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 15:10
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L24/00; A61L24/0047; A61L24/0073; A61L24/0084; A61K; A61K6/00; A61K6/60; A61K6/65; A61K6/66; A61K6/70; A61K6/71; A61K6/74; A61K6/75; A61K6/78; A61K6/80; A61K6/849; A61K6/864; A61L27/00; A61L27/02; A61L27/12; A61L27/40; A61L27/44; A61L27/46; A61F; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00005; A61F2310/00179; A61F2310/00293
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
47 words
A hardening material for medical and dental use, comprising calcium phosphate powder containing at least one of α-tricalcium phosphate and tetracalcium phosphate and at least one compound selected from tannin and tannin derivatives and at least one compound selected from collagen and collagen derivatives as hardening adjusters.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
47 words
A hardening material for medical and dental use, comprising calcium phosphate powder containing at least one of α-tricalcium phosphate and tetracalcium phosphate and at least one compound selected from tannin and tannin derivatives and at least one compound selected from collagen and collagen derivatives as hardening adjusters.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
A hardening material for medical and dental use, comprising calcium phosphate powder containing at least one of α-tricalcium phosphate and tetracalcium phosphate and at least one compound selected from collagen and collagen derivatives and at least one organic aid as hardening adjusters.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
A hardening material for medical and dental use, comprising calcium phosphate powder containing at least one of α-tricalcium phosphate and tetracalcium phosphate and at least one compound selected from collagen and collagen derivatives and at least one organic aid as hardening adjusters.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
52 words
A hardening material for medical and dental use, comprising calcium phosphate powder containing at least one of α-tricalcium phosphate and tetracalcium phosphate, as a hardening material, at least one compound selected from tannin and tannin derivatives, at least one compound selected from collagen and collagen derivatives, and at least one organic acid.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
A hardening material for medical and dental use, comprising calcium phosphate powder containing at least one of α-tricalcium phosphate and tetracalcium phosphate, as a hardening material, at least one compound selected from tannin and tannin derivatives, at least one compound selected from collagen and collagen derivatives, and at least one organic acid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A hardening material for medical and dental use as claimed in claims 1, 2 or 3, wherein the collagen and the collagen derivative convert into fibrils under a physiological condition.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
A hardening material for medical and dental use as claimed in claim 4, wherein the collagen and the collagen derivative require time longer than 8 minutes for conversion into fibrils under a physiological condition.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
137 words
A hardening material for medical and dental use comprising α-tricalcium phosphate powder, tannic acid, at least one organic acid as a hardening adjuster, and water, the total amount of the organic acid and tannic acid being 40˜48% by weight of said water, organic acid and tannic acid, said organic acid being selected from citric acid and malonic acid, the mutual proportion of the citric acid, malonic acid, and tannic acid is, relative to 100 parts by weight of a total of the three acids, 60˜90 parts by weight for citric acid, 0˜35 parts by weight for malonic acid, and 30 parts or less by weight for tannic acid, with the proviso that when the malonic acid is 0 part by weight, the citric acid is 70˜89 parts by weight and the tannic acid 30˜11 parts by weight.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
137 words
A hardening material for medical and dental use comprising α-tricalcium phosphate powder, tannic acid, at least one organic acid as a hardening adjuster, and water, the total amount of the organic acid and tannic acid being 40˜48% by weight of said water, organic acid and tannic acid, said organic acid being selected from citric acid and malonic acid, the mutual proportion of the citric acid, malonic acid, and tannic acid is, relative to 100 parts by weight of a total of the three acids, 60˜90 parts by weight for citric acid, 0˜35 parts by weight for malonic acid, and 30 parts or less by weight for tannic acid, with the proviso that when the malonic acid is 0 part by weight, the citric acid is 70˜89 parts by weight and the tannic acid 30˜11 parts by weight.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
103 words
A hardening material for medical and dental use comprising α-tricalcium phosphate powder, tannic acid, at least one organic acid as a hardening adjuster, and water, the total amount of organic acid and tannic acid being 40˜48% by weight of said water, organic acid and tannic acid, said organic acid being selected from citric acid and malic acid, the proportion of the citric acid, malic acid, and tannic acid, relative to 100 parts by weight of a total of the three acids, being 0˜65 parts by weight for citric acid, 20˜90 by weight for mallic acid, and 15 parts or less for tannic acid.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
103 words
A hardening material for medical and dental use comprising α-tricalcium phosphate powder, tannic acid, at least one organic acid as a hardening adjuster, and water, the total amount of organic acid and tannic acid being 40˜48% by weight of said water, organic acid and tannic acid, said organic acid being selected from citric acid and malic acid, the proportion of the citric acid, malic acid, and tannic acid, relative to 100 parts by weight of a total of the three acids, being 0˜65 parts by weight for citric acid, 20˜90 by weight for mallic acid, and 15 parts or less for tannic acid.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
78 words
A hardening material for medical and dental use comprising α-tricalcium phosphate powder, organic acids as hardening adjusters, and water, the organic acids being 40˜48% by weight of the organic acids and said water, said organic acids being citric acid and malonic acid, and the proportion of citric acid and malonic acid being, relative to 100 parts by weight of the total of these two acids, 65˜90 parts by weight citric acid and 10˜35 parts by weight malonic acid.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
78 words
A hardening material for medical and dental use comprising α-tricalcium phosphate powder, organic acids as hardening adjusters, and water, the organic acids being 40˜48% by weight of the organic acids and said water, said organic acids being citric acid and malonic acid, and the proportion of citric acid and malonic acid being, relative to 100 parts by weight of the total of these two acids, 65˜90 parts by weight citric acid and 10˜35 parts by weight malonic acid.
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