1. Packaged concentrate for preparing a bouillon, broth, soup, sauce, gravy or for use as a seasoning, said concentrate comprising:
20-80% water (weight % based on total packaged concentrate),
0.5-60% by weight of herbs, vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, crustaceans, or particulates thereof, (weight % based on total packaged concentrate),
a gelling system comprising the combination of starch in an amount of 0.1% to 10% (weight % based on water content of concentrate and gelatin in an amount of 1.5-30% (weight % based on water content of concentrate),
15-30% (weight % based on water content of concentrate) of salt,
wherein the concentrate has the appearance of a gel.
2. Concentrate according to claim 1, wherein the concentrate has the rheology of a gel.
3. Concentrate according to claim 1, wherein the concentrate has the appearance or rheology of a gel as expressed by the ratio of elastic modulus G\u2032: viscous modulus G\u2033 of at least 3.
4. Concentrate according to claim 1, wherein viscous modulus G\u2033 is at least 10 Pa.
5. Concentrate according to claim 4, wherein the viscous modulus G\u2033 is at least 50 Pa.
6. Concentrate according to claim 1, wherein the gelatin used is 150-260 Bloom gelatin.
7. Concentrate according to claim 1, wherein the starch is native starch.
8. Concentrate according to claim 1, wherein the starch is potato starch or corn starch.
9. Concentrate according to claim 1, wherein the total moisture content of the concentrate is 40-60% by weight (based on the total packed concentrate).
10. Concentrate according to claim 1, wherein the concentrate has a water activity aw of 0.7-0.8.
11. Concentrate according to claim 1, further comprising 0.5 to 30% (weight on total concentrate) of a taste enhancer selected from the group of monosodium glutamate, 5\u2032-ribotides, organic acids, or mixtures thereof.
12. Concentrate according to claim 1, further comprising 1-30%, (weight on total packaged concentrate) of emulsified oil andor fat.
13. Concentrate according to claim 1, wherein the concentrate is in the form of a cube, tablet, pellet, ball, briquette, dragee.
14. Concentrate according to claim 1, wherein the concentrate is packaged in a cup or tub with a seal.
15. Process for preparing a concentrate for preparing a bouillon, broth, soup, sauce, gravy or for use as a seasoning, said concentrate comprising:
20-80% water (weight % based on total packaged concentrate),
0.5-60% by weight of herbs, vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, crustaceans, or particulates thereof, (weight % based on total packaged concentrate),
a gelling system comprising the combination of starch in an amount of 0.1% to 10% (weight % based on water content of concentrate) and gelatin in an amount of 1.5-30% (weight % based on water content of concentrate),
15-30% (weight % based on water content of concentrate) of salt,
wherein the concentrate has the appearance of a gel, the process comprising the steps of mixing the ingredients with the water, filling into the packaging and closing the packs, whereby preferably a heating step is applied prior to, during or after filling into the packaging.
16. Process according to claim 15, wherein at least part of the heating stage is to a temperature of at least 70\xb0 C.
17. Use of a concentrate according to claim 1, for preparing a bouillon or soup.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A bone augment for repairing a bone defect present in a single bone comprising:
a bone-engaging body defining a plurality of pores, the body configured to be intraoperatively shaped to correspond to the bone defect present in the single bone; and
a polymeric reinforcement member having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface having a first part and a second part, wherein the first part of the inner surface of the polymeric reinforcement member is mounted on an exterior surface of the bone-engaging body, the second part of the inner surface of the reinforcement member is configured to be in contact with an outer bone surface proximate to the bone defect, and the reinforcement member is configured to be intraoperatively deformed to correspond to the bone defect present in the single bone and the outer bone surface proximate to the bone defect;
wherein:
the first part of the inner surface of the polymeric reinforcement member is molded to the exterior surface such that portions of the reinforcement member are mechanically interlocked with the pores; and
the body includes a density that approximates a density of cancellous bone and the polymeric reinforcement member includes a density that approximates a density of cortical bone.
2. The bone augment of claim 1, the second part further comprising a projection extending from the polymeric reinforcement member, the projection including an aperture configured to receive a fastener to secure the bone augment to bone proximate to the bone defect.
3. The bone augment of claim 1, wherein the body includes at least one of a ceramic and Pro Osteon\xae and the polymeric reinforcement member includes polyether ether ketone.
4. The bone augment of claim 1, wherein the bone augment is configured to repair an uncontained bone defect with the body replacing cancellous bone and the polymeric reinforcement member replacing cortical bone.
5. The bone augment of claim 1, the second part further comprising first and second projections extending from opposite sides the polymeric reinforcement member, each of the first and second projections including an aperture configured to receive a corresponding fastener to secure the bone augment to the single bone proximate to the bone defect present in the single bone.
6. The bone augment of claim 5, wherein each of the first and second projections is deformable to match the morphology proximate to the bone defect.
7. The bone augment of claim 5, wherein each of the first and second projections can be machined during manufacturing to match a specific patient’s morphology.
8. The bone augment of claim 5, wherein each of the first and second projections can be pressed into a mold of a corresponding implant site of a specific patient.
9. The bone augment of claim 1, wherein the reinforcement member is mounted on the body by injection or compression molding.
10. A bone augment for repairing a bone defect comprising:
a bone-engaging body defining a plurality of pores, the body configured to be intraoperatively shaped to correspond to the bone defect entirely defined at an upper extremity of a tibia; and
a polymeric reinforcement member having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface having a first part and a second part, wherein the first part of the inner surface of the polymeric reinforcement member is mounted on an exterior surface of the bone-engaging body and the second part of the inner surface of the polymeric reinforcement member having first and second extensions corresponding to opposite sides of the defect entirely defined at the upper extremity of the tibia, and the reinforcement member configured to be intraoperatively deformed to correspond to the bone defect entirely defined at the upper extremity of the tibia with the first and second extensions configured to be deformed to correspond to an outer bone surface proximate to the bone defect;
wherein:
the first part of the inner surface of the polymeric reinforcement member is molded to the exterior surface such that portions of the reinforcement member are mechanically interlocked with the pores; and
the body includes a density that approximates a density of cancellous bone and the polymeric reinforcement member includes a density that approximates a density of cortical bone.
11. The bone augment of claim 10, wherein each of the first and second projections is deformable to match a patient’s morphology proximate to the bone defect.
12. The bone augment of claim 10, wherein each of the first and second projections can be machined during manufacturing to match a specific patient’s morphology.
13. The bone augment of claim 10, wherein each of the first and second extensions include an aperture configured to receive a corresponding fastener to secure the bone augment to a single bone proximate to the bone defect entirely defined at the upper extremity of the tibia.
14. The bone augment of claim 10, wherein the body includes at least one of a ceramic and Pro Ostean\xae and the polymeric reinforcement member includes polyether ether ketone.
15. The bone augment of claim 10, wherein the bone augment is configured to repair the bone defect when the bone defect is an uncontained bone defect with the body replacing cancellous bone and the polymeric reinforcement member replacing cortical bone.
16. A method for repairing a bone defect comprising:
molding an inner surface of a polymeric reinforcement member to an exterior surface of a porous body at a first part of the inner surface of the polymeric reinforcement member such that portions of the reinforcement member are mechanically interlocked with pores of the porous body;
inserting the porous body into a bone defect entirely defined by a single bone, the porous body shaped to correspond to the bone defect entirely defined by the single bone;
deforming first and second extensions of a second part of the inner surface of the polymeric reinforcement member of the bone augment to match the inner surface at the second part of the polymeric reinforcement member with an outer surface of the single bone on opposite sides of the bone defect; and
fastening the first and second extensions of the second part of the inner surface of the polymeric reinforcement member to the single bone on opposite sides of the bone defect entirely defined by the single bone;
wherein the body includes a density that approximates density of cancellous bone and the polymeric reinforcement member includes a density that approximates density of cortical bone.
17. The method of claim 16, further comprising bending the first and second extensions to match a patient morphology of the single bone around the bone defect entirely defined by the single bone.
18. The method of claim 16, wherein the bone augment is configured for a bone defect entirely defined at an upper extremity of a tibia.
19. The method of claim 16, further comprising inserting the porous body into an uncontained bone defect entirely defined by the single bone such that the porous body replaces cancellous bone and the polymeric reinforcement member replaces cortical bone.