Bioimplant with nonuniformly configured protrusions on the load bearing surfaces thereof
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorsLawrence Shimp, John Winterbottom
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Abstract
A bioimplant is configured with at least two load-bearing surfaces each having a plurality of protrusions oriented at an angle with respect to one another to resist translation in all directions when opposing load bearing surfaces are under normally applied compressive loads.
Claims22
A bioimplant which on implantation is subject to multidirectional translational loads tending to cause displacement of the bioimplant from the site of its implantation, the bioimplant possessing a plurality of nonuniformly configured protrusions defined on at least a portion of its load bearing surfaces for selectively resisting such loads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.