VitaFuse™ Bioactive Glass Graft is a bone void filler consisting of a collagen matrix mineralized with hydroxyapatite (HA) – tri-calcium phosphate (TCP) granules and 45S5 bioactive glass granules. The bovine fibrillar collagen component is biocompatible and the 45S5 glass particles are bioactive. VitaFuse™ Bioactive Glass Graft is indicated for use in bony voids or gaps of the skeletal system (i.e. extremities, pelvis and posterolateral spine). These osseous defects are surgically created or result from traumatic injury to the bone and are not intrinsic to the stability of the bony structure. The graft resorbs and is replaced by the growth of new bone during the healing process. VitaFuse™ Bioactive Glass Graft must be used with autogenous bone marrow aspirate and autograft in the posterolateral spine.
A bioabsorbable device made of synthetic material intended to be implanted into the body to provide osteoconductive bone-tissue scaffolds, and sometimes osteovascularization, to replace bone lost through trauma, surgery, or pathological conditions (e.g., osteoporosis); it does not include an antimicrobial agent(s). It may be made of ceramics (e.g., tricalcium phosphate or hydroxyapatite), bioactive glasses/minerals/metals (e.g., strontium), or bioabsorbable polymers. It is used to fill cystic defects, repair fractures, and/or extend autogenous bone grafts and is typically provided as cancellous blocks, chips, or granules of varying sizes, or mouldable/fluid materials.