METHODS OF PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES THAT PROMOTE BONE GROWTH, METHODS OF MAKING COMPOSITIONS THAT PROMOTE BONE GROWTH, AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN SUCH METHODS

摘要

Methods of performing medical procedures, and methods of making bone-growth­-promoting compositions useful in performing medical procedures are provided. Apparatus useful both in methods of performing medical procedures, and in methods of making bone­ growth-promoting compositions useful in performing medical procedures, are provided. The bone-growth-promoting compositions made according to the disclosed methods are biocompatible, and are adapted to stimulate bone growth when positioned in contact with, or in the vicinity of, a bone of a mammal.