Implant having a shaft coated with a web structure
Assignee4WEB, Inc.
InventorJessee Hunt
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Abstract
In various embodiments, an implant for interfacing with a bone structure includes a web structure including a space truss. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes and the web structure is configured to interface with human bone tissue. In some embodiments, a method is provided that includes accessing an intersomatic space and inserting an implant into the intersomatic space. The implant includes a web structure including a space truss. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes and the web structure is configured to interface with human bone tissue.
Claims20
An implant for interfacing with a bone structure, comprising:
- an external frame defining an exterior surface of the implant;
- and
- an internal space truss structure at least partially enclosed by the external frame, wherein the internal space structure includes:
- a plurality of truss units coupled together, the truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes, at least some of the struts extending into a central portion of the internal space truss structure, wherein a first set of struts extending into the central portion have a first diameter and a second set of struts extending into the central portion have a second diameter different from the first diameter.
A method, comprising:
- accessing a space proximate a bone structure comprising human bone tissue;
- and
- inserting an implant into the space, wherein the implant comprises:
- an external frame defining an exterior surface of the implant;
- and
- an internal space truss structure at least partially enclosed by the external frame, wherein the internal space structure includes:
- a plurality of truss units coupled together, the truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes, at least some of the struts extending into a central portion of the internal space truss structure, wherein a first set of struts extending into the central portion have a first diameter and a second set of struts extending into the central portion have a second diameter different from the first diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.