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US 12,728,009 B2Granted
Surgical implant
AssigneeInvibio Knees Limited
InventorsAdam Briscoe, Paul Campbell, Harry Gaze, Ian Revie
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Abstract
The invention relates to a surgical implant (100) comprising an implant body (101) comprising a polyaryletherketone polymer material and a radio-opaque marker (107) seated with an interference fit in a bore formed in the body. The surgical implant may be manufactured by forming the polyaryletherketone body including the bore, for instance by drilling the body and inserting the marker into the bore.
Claims15
A femoral knee implant comprising:
- an implant body comprising a polyaryletherketone polymer material;
- a first bore formed in a tip of a pillar extending in use away from an articulating portion of the implant body towards the femur;
- a second bore formed proximal to a tip of a condyle of the implant body;
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- a third bore formed proximal to a tip of an anterior flange of the implant body;
- wherein a radio-opaque marker formed of tantalum is seated with an interference fit in each of the first, second, and third bores.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.