Removable augment for medical implant
AssigneeSMed-TA/TD, LLC
InventorsGregory C. Stalcup, Troy D. Knapp
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Abstract
An orthopaedic augment includes a porous material, which is removably attached to a medical implant. The porous material has a bone ingrowth surface for interfacing with an existing bone material and another surface for interfacing with the medical implant.
Claims20
An orthopaedic augment, comprising a porous material removably attachable to a medical implant, said porous material having a bone ingrowth surface for interfacing with an existing bone material and another surface for interfacing with said medical implant.
An orthopaedic implant, comprising:
- a main body;
- and
- a porous augment removably attached to said main body, said porous augment having a bone ingrowth surface for interfacing with a bone material and another surface coupled with said main body.
A method of using an orthopaedic implant, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a main orthopaedic implant body;
- providing a porous augment having a bone ingrowth surface;
- removably attaching said main orthopaedic implant body with another surface of said porous augment to form an orthopaedic implant;
- extracting a portion of a bone from the body of a patient;
- subsequent to said extracting step, implanting said orthopaedic implant into the body of a patient;
- and
- positioning said porous augment such that a bone interfacing surface of said porous augment interfaces with a cut surface of said bone from which said portion is extracted and to facilitate bone ingrowth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.