ABSORBABLE PUTTY-LIKE IMPLANTS AND METHODS FOR MECHANICAL HEMOSTASIS OF BONE AND FOR THE TREATMENT OF OSSEOUS DEFECTS

摘要

Disclosed are body-implantable, appropriately absorbable, biocompatible, putty-like compositions useful as mechanical hemostatic tamponades for the control of osseous hemorrhage arising from surgical intervention or trauma and for providing an osteoinductive matrix to foster improved bone healing.