Molded surgical implant
AssigneeSpineco, Inc., an Ohio corporation
InventorRobert S. Biscup
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Abstract
An improved prosthetic implant and method for producing a customized prosthetic implant for use in fully or partially replacing bone and/or tissue in a human or animal. The custom prosthetic implant is produced by obtaining information about the site of implant for the prosthetic implant, processing the obtained information to generate information on the size and shape of the prosthetic implant, and transferring at least a portion of the generated information to a molding machine to at least partially form the custom prosthetic implant from a moldable compound.
Claims36
A customized prosthetic implant for insertion into a patient to at least partially repair or replace bone or tissue, said prosthetic implant at least partially formed from a moldable compound that has been at least partially formed in a mold of a molding machine, said at least one dimensional setting for said mold obtained from information gathered from a site in said patient wherein said prosthetic implant is to be inserted.
The customized prosthetic implant as defined in claim 14, wherein said structural component is a non-customized size structure.
The customized prosthetic implant as defined in claim 14, wherein said moldable compound includes at least one biological additive.
The customized prosthetic implant as defined in claim 14, wherein said prosthetic implant includes readable information pertaining to dimensional information of said prosthetic implant.
A method for producing a custom prosthetic implant for insertion into a patient comprising:
- a. obtaining information about the site of implant for the prosthetic implant;
- b. processing said obtained information to generate information on the size and shape of the prosthetic implant;
- c. transferring at least a portion of the generated information to a molding machine to at least partially form said custom prosthetic implant from a moldable compound;
- and,
- d. inserting said custom prosthetic implant into said site for said prosthetic implant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.