WSURF Case 839
Resorbable Ceramics with Controlled Strength Loss Rates
Advanced resorbable biomaterials are important toward improving health care, by enabling quicker restoration of functionally loaded natural bone. Synthetic calcium phosphates have properties similar to natural bone, but they lack the mineral content inherent to bone.
WSU researchers have developed calcium phosphate-based resorbable ceramics with select dopants, optimized for in vitro degradation and cell-materials interactions as a function of time.
Applications & Advantages
Improved cell materials interactions: Early stage cell adhesion and proliferation is significantly enhanced.
Controlled strength degradation: The addition of particular dopants to resorbable calcium phosphates enables the material to degrade at a controlled rate which closely matches the re-growth rate of the natural bone.
Broad application possibilities:
- Bone grafts and fusions
- Surgical plates and screws
- Dental implants
- Coatings
IP Status
US patent pending. Available for license.
For more information about this technology please contact WSURF:
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Pullman, WA 99164
Phone: (509) 335-5526
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