Surgical implant and manufacturing method
AssigneeInion Ltd.
InventorsTimo Pohjonen, Totti Lindgren, Toni Puhakka, Harri Happonen, Auvo Kaikkonen
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Abstract
A surgical implant and a method for manufacturing the same. The surgical implant has a body comprising polyaryletherketone (PAEK). Said polyaryletherketone is a homopolymer and a first section of the body comprises a polyaryletherketone that has a crystallization peak in its DSC-curve.
Claims26
A surgical implant having a body comprising polyaryletherketone (PAEK), wherein said polyaryletherketone is a homopolymer and that a first section of the body comprises polyaryletherketone having a crystallization peak in its DSC-curve upon heating in a calorimeter.
A Method for manufacturing a surgical implant, the implant having a body comprising polyaryletherketone (PAEK), the method comprising steps of:
- selecting manufacturing material(s) of said implant, said material(s) comprising polyaryletherketone (PAEK),
- heating the polyaryletherketone in a molten state,
- forming the implant from said manufacturing material(s), and
- processing the implant so that the body has a first section that comprises polyaryletherketone having a crystallization peak in its DSC-curve upon heating in a calorimeter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.