Implant
AssigneePoriferous, LLC
InventorsAaron Noble, Spencer Jones
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Abstract
An implant may include a curved implant body and a flange extending from the implant body, the flange being thinner than the implant body, the implant body and the flange having a first exterior surface and a second exterior surface opposite the first surface in which the implant body and the flange formed by at least partially fused particles. The particles at the first surface define a first average pore size and the particles at the second surface define a second average pore size; with the first average pore size being greater than the second average pore size. The first surface may be a tissue ingrowth surface and the second surface may be a tissue ingrowth barrier.
Claims20
An implant, comprising:
- a curved implant body and a flange extending from the implant body, the flange being thinner than the implant body, the implant body and the flange having a first exterior surface and a second exterior surface opposite the first surface, and the flange having a first flange surface and a second flange surface opposite the first flange surface, wherein;
- the implant body and the flange formed by at least partially fused particles;
- the particles at the first surface define a first average pore size and the particles at the second surface define a second average pore size, the first average pore size is greater than the second average pore size, and the first surface is a tissue ingrowth surface and the second surface is a tissue ingrowth barrier;
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- the particles at the first flange surface define a first average flange pore size and the particles at the second flange surface define a second average flange pore size, and the first average flange pore size is greater than the second average flange pore size.
An implant, comprising:
- an implant body formed by a plurality of at least partially fused particles, the implant body having a first exterior surface and a second exterior surface opposite the first surface, wherein:
- the particles at the first surface define a first average pore size and the particles at the second surface define a second average pore size;
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- the first average pore size is greater than the second average pore size;
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- a flange extending from the implant body and formed by the at least partially fused particles, the flange having a first flange surface and a second flange surface opposite the first surface, wherein:
- the particles at the first flange surface define a first average flange pore size and the particles at the second flange surface define a second average flange pore size;
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- the first average flange pore size is greater than the second average flange pore size.
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