23 Jul Porous ceramic body
Abstract
Process for preparing a porous ceramic body, based on a negative replica method. The process comprises the following steps: 1)preparing an aqueous slurry of a ceramic material; 2)mixing the slurry with a liquid, viscous organic phase to obtain a dough, wherein the organic phase is substantially insoluble in water, and is thermally decomposable into gaseous residues; 3)drying the dough; and 4)removing the organic phase by thermal decomposition. The invention further relates to a ceramic body obtainable by said method and to its use as a scaffold for tissue engineering.
Year: 2001
Country: EP
Doc No: 1108698