BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE GLASS-BASED SUBSTRATE

摘要

Compositions including a glass composition and a biodegradable polymer, and methods of preparation and use thereof for growing tissue, including bone, are disclosed. The glass is formed from oxides of silicon, phosphorus, sodium, and calcium, and is dispersed within a porous biodegradable polymer to form a three dimensional matrix. The compositions can be in any suitable form for administration to a patient, such as sheets, screws, stents, pins, sutures, prosthetics, valves, plates and the like, or can be in a form suitable for use in in vitro applications.