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Biologically compatible hardening material for dental or medical applications
Assignee: Nitta Gelatin Inc
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Filing: 1992-06-22
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Granted: 1994-08-30
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Expires: 2012-06-22
Abstract
Abstract A hardenable, biocompatible composition for repairing firm living tissue which includes a powder component containing Ca4P2O9 and at least one of CaHPO4 and CaHPO4.H2O at a molar ratio of Ca:P of 1.16-1.95; and a liquid component containing 1 mM to 2M of a second phosphate ion and 1 mM to 2M of an organic ion. The weight ratio of the powder component to the liquid component is 0.5-4.0.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshinobu Mandai
- 👤 Kohji Nagatomi
- 👤 Kazuhiko Minamigawa
- 👤 Fumihito Sugihara
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-31 22:37
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L27/00; A61L27/02; A61L27/12; A61K; A61K6/00; A61K6/80; A61K6/831; A61K6/838; A61K6/849; A61K6/864; A61L24/00; A61L24/02; A61F; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00005; A61F2310/00179; A61F2310/00293
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
104 words
A hardenable, biocompatible composition for repairing living tissue comprising a powder component containing Ca 4 P 2 O 9 and at least one of CaHPO 4 and CaHPO 4 .2H 2 O at a molar ratio of Ca:P of 1.16-.1.95; and a liquid component containing a secondary phosphate ion in a concentration of 1 mM to 2 M as a secondary phosphate and an organic acid ion in a concentration of 1 mM to 2 M as an organic acid or as a total of an organic acid and its salt, wherein a weight ratio of the powder component: the liquid component is 0.5-4.0.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
104 words
A hardenable, biocompatible composition for repairing living tissue comprising a powder component containing Ca 4 P 2 O 9 and at least one of CaHPO 4 and CaHPO 4 .2H 2 O at a molar ratio of Ca:P of 1.16-.1.95; and a liquid component containing a secondary phosphate ion in a concentration of 1 mM to 2 M as a secondary phosphate and an organic acid ion in a concentration of 1 mM to 2 M as an organic acid or as a total of an organic acid and its salt, wherein a weight ratio of the powder component: the liquid component is 0.5-4.0.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
A hardenable, biocompatible composition as defined in claim 1 having a pH range of about 8-9.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
A hardenable, biocompatible composition as defined in claim 1, wherein the secondary phosphate ion source is a member of the group consisting of disodium hydrogen phosphate, dipotassium hydrogen phosphate, and diammonium hydrogen phosphate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A hardenable, biocompatible composition as defined in claim 1, wherein the powder component has a mean particle size range of about 0.1-50 μm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
55 words
A hardenable, biocompatible composition as defined in claim 1, wherein the organic acid is a member of the group consisting of citric acid, malic acid, malonic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, fumaleic acid, lactic acid,, acetic acid, oxalacetic acid, isocitric acid, aconitric acid, succinic acid, acrylic acid homopolymer, acrylic acid-itaconic acid copolymer or salts thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
A hardenable, biocompatible composition as defined in claim 1, wherein the organic acid is a member of the group consisting of citric acid, and metabolism products of citric acid or salts thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
66 words
A hardenable, biocompatible composition as defined in claim 1, further comprising at least one thickener selected from the group consisting of carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, polyglutamic acid, polygultamic acid salt, polyaspartic acid, and polyaspartic acid salt, wherein the concentration of polyglutamic acid and polyglutamic acid salt is 0.5-15% by weight and the concentration of the other thickeners is 0.5-10% by weight.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
A hardenable, biocompatible composition as defined in claim 1, further comprising at least one thickener selected from the group consisting of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyglutamic acid, and polyglutamic acid salt.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
A hardenable, biocompatible composition as defined in claim 1, further comprising an X-ray contrast medium.
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