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US 11,076,961 B2Granted
Components for artificial joints
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorEric Zajac
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Abstract
A component of an artificial joint according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, inter alia, a base plate and a post selectively removable from the base plate. Further, an outer surface of the post includes a layer of the bone ingrowth material along substantially the entire length of the post.
Claims12
A method, comprising:
- removing a base plate from a post of a component of an artificial joint such that the post is left within bone, wherein the post has an overall length extending from a superior end of the post to an inferior end of the post, wherein the post includes bone ingrowth material covering the post from the superior end to a point along the post spaced-apart the superior end of the post by a distance between 75% and 85% of the overall length of the post, and wherein the post is free of bone ingrowth material between the point and the inferior end of the post;
- separating bone adjacent the layer of bone ingrowth material from the post;
- and
- removing the post from the bone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.