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US 2017/0043413 A1Published application
Workpiece Support with Biocompatible Liner, and Methods of Making and Using Same
AssigneeSouthwick & Meister, Inc.
InventorsRichard F. Coughlin, Michael J. Wenning, David M. Gormley, James A. Benedetto
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is workpiece support including a body comprising a radially contractible portion including a plurality of wall sections each having an inner wall surface, the wall sections being separated from one another by slots, and a biocompatible liner comprising a plurality of liner sections fixed to the inner wall surfaces of the plurality of wall sections. An assembly containing the workpiece support, and methods of making and using the workpiece support, also are disclosed.
Claims20
A workpiece support, comprising:
- a body comprising a radially contractible portion including a plurality of wall sections each having an inner wall surface, the wall sections being separated from one another by slots, and
- a biocompatible liner comprising a plurality of liner sections fixed to the inner wall surfaces of the plurality of wall sections.
An assembly comprising:
- a workpiece support, including:
- a body comprising a radially contractible portion including a plurality of wall sections each having an inner wall surface, the wall sections being separated from one another by slots, and
- a biocompatible liner comprising a plurality of liner sections fixed to the inner wall surfaces of the plurality of wall sections, and
- an implantable device removably mounted in the workpiece support for machining.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining a workpiece support comprising a body having a radially contractible portion including a plurality of wall sections each having an inner wall surface, the wall sections being separated from one another by slots, and a biocompatible liner comprising a first material and including a plurality of liner sections fixed to the inner wall surfaces of the plurality of wall sections, and
- removably mounting a portion of an implantable device in the workpiece support for machining, the mounted portion of the implantable device comprising the first material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.