Medical Implant With Discontinuous Osseointigrative Surface
AssigneeUniversity of Washington
InventorsAlexander Pozhitkov, James D. Bryers, Eric Lindahl
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Abstract
A medical implant includes a base portion configured for implantation into a bone of a patient. The base portion is formed from an electrically insulating and biocompatible base material with retaining features on an outer surface of the base portion for gripping the bone in the patient and at least two discontinuous regions formed of titanium on the outer surface.
Claims20
A dental implant, comprising a base portion configured for implantation into a jaw bone of a patient, the base portion comprising an electrically insulating and biocompatible base material and having a plurality of discontinuous regions including titanium disposed on an outer surface of the base portion, each of the plurality of discontinuous regions being separated from the other of the discontinuous regions.
A medical implant, comprising:
- a base portion configured to be implanted into a bone of a patient, the base portion comprising:
- an electrically insulating and biocompatible base material;
- retaining features on an outer surface of the base portion for gripping the bone to retain the base portion;
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- a plurality of discontinuous regions comprising titanium on the outer surface of the base material.
A method of forming a medical implant, the method comprising:
- forming an implant body having a screw-form shape from a biocompatible and nonconductive base material;
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- forming at least two discontinuous regions of titanium on an outer surface of the implant body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.