COMPOSITE BONE IMPLANTS

摘要

The invention provides natural multi-composite bone implants such as bone-connective tissue-bone and osteochondral implants for the replacement and/or repair of, for example and in particular a damaged or defective bone-meniscus-bone joint or a bone-patella tendon-bone joint or osteochondral lesions, methods of preparing the composites and uses thereof. The invention also provides natural or native composite bone-connective tissue-bone and osteochondral matrices or scaffolds that are substantially decellularised for subsequent transplantation/implantation.

主权项

1. A product comprising a decellularised natural multi-composite bone transplant material characterised by the absence (100%) or substantial absence (90%) of cells in the whole composite, wherein the multi-composite bone transplant material is bone-connective tissue-bone or osteochondral.