US 7,563,608 B2
Method for manufacturing a sintered compact for use as a cell culture base
Tsuyoshi Ishikawa, Tokyo (Japan); Kazuyoshi Yamaguchi, Tochigi (Japan); and Asako Matsushima, Saitama (Japan)
Assigned to Hoya Corporation, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/638,338.
Claims priority of application No. 2002-235210 (JP), filed on Aug. 12, 2002; application No. 2002-339822 (JP), filed on Nov. 22, 2002; and application No. 2003-271182 (JP), filed on Jul. 04, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2004/0099998 A1, May 27, 2004
Int. Cl. C12N 11/14 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C04B 35/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 435—176  [435/395; 501/1] 8 Claims
 
1. A method for manufacturing a sintered compact, comprising:
molding a green compact by compacting hydroxyapatite powder with applying a pressure of 1 ton/cm2 or higher thereto; and
sintering the green compact in an oxygen-containing atmosphere, in which the partial pressure of oxygen in the oxygen-containing atmosphere is 380 mmHg or higher, at a temperature in the range of 925 to 1,300° C. to obtain a sintered compact.