| US 7,332,113 B2 | ||
| Method for the production of a biocompatible polymer-ceramic composite material with a predetermined porosity | ||
| Dario Beruto, Genoa (Italy); Rodolfo Botter, Genoa (Italy); Leonardo Albanese, Genoa (Italy); Pierfrancesco Robotti, Torbole sul Garda (Italy); and Giovanni Calonego, Legnago (Italy) | ||
| Assigned to Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Rome (Italy) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/466,703 PCT Filed Jan. 18, 2002, PCT No. PCT/IT02/00030 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jan. 22, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO02/056928, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 25, 2002. |
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| Claims priority of application No. MI01A0089 (IT), filed on Jan. 18, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0129650 A1, Jul. 08, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. B29C 41/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 264—42 [264/45.7; 264/311; 264/344; 424/423] | 2 Claims |
| 1. Method for predicting and designing the porosity of a biocompatible polymer-ceramic composite material, characterized by
the fact that it includes the following phases:
(a′) producing a suspension of a bioceramic material in distilled water;
(b′) starting from identical volumetric quantities of initial suspension, obtaining from the suspension a series of compacts
of the selected bioceramic material containing different quantities of water;
(c′) mixing each of said compacts obtained with an identical quantity of a polymeric material and/or a liquid monomer in order
to obtain a porous geometric solid of pre-defined dimensions;
(d′) for each compact, calculating the porosity of the solid by obtained from it; and
(e′) correlating said porosity with the compact's residual content in water.
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