BONE GEL COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
A bone gel composition consists of cortical bone. The cortical bone is made from cut pieces freeze-dried then ground into particles and demineralized then freeze-dried. A volume of the particles is placed in a solution of sterile water to create a mixture, the water volume being twice the second portion, the mixture is autoclaved under heat and pressure to form a gelatin, the resulting bone gel is placed in jars and kept at room temperature or frozen for later use. The cortical bone has the cut pieces having a width, a length and a thickness in the range of 1 to 4 mm The cortical bone pieces are ground to a particle size up to 125 microns.
1 . A bone gel composition consisting of cortical bone consists of cortical bone made from cut pieces freeze dried then ground into particles and demineralized then freeze-dried, wherein a volume of the particles is placed in a solution of sterile water to create a mixture, the water volume being twice the second portion, the mixture is autoclaved under heat and pressure to form a gelatin, the resulting bone gel is placed in jars for later use.
2 . The bone gel composition of claim 1 wherein the cortical bone has the cut pieces having a width, a length and a thickness in the range of 1 to 4 mm.
3 . The bone gel composition of claim 2 wherein the cortical bone pieces are ground to a particle size up to 125 microns.
4 . The bone gel composition of claiml wherein the bone gel when placed in jars is then frozen.
5 . A method of making a bone gel composition consisting of cortical bone comprises the steps of:
preparing cortical bone by cutting the cortical bone into pieces, freeze-drying the pieces and then grinding into particles and demineralizing the ground particles and the freeze-drying the demineralized ground particles to form DBM particles;
autoclaving a volume of the DBM particles mixed with sterile water in a 2:1 ratio by volume for a predetermined time at a pre-set temperature and pressure to form a gelatin;
cooling the gelatin to form a bone gel; and
packaging the resulting bone gel.
6 . The method of making a bone gel composition of claim 5 wherein the cortical bone has the cut pieces having a width, a length and a thickness in the range of 1 to 4 mm
7 . The method of making a bone gel composition of claim 5 wherein the cortical bone pieces are ground to a particle size up to 125 microns.
8 . The method of making a bone gel composition of claim 5 includes the step of freezing the bone gel after packaging.