Anisotropic Materials in Medical Devices
AssigneeKambiz Behzadi
InventorsKambiz Behzadi, Michael E. Woods
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Abstract
A system and method for improving upon an ability of a surgeon to repair traumatic bone injury using new materials, components, and structures. A structure may be used as an implant or a component of an external fixator for a fractured long bone with that structure having anisotropic and viscoelastic properties, such as through additive manufacturing techniques.
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A method for producing a structural medical device configured for installation into a prepared cavity, comprising the steps of:
- a) manufacturing a body including a body portion sized for a pressfit fixation into the prepared cavity;
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- b) disposing a framework within said body portion during said manufacturing step a)
- wherein said framework includes a set of one or more structural elements configured to produce an anisotropic bulk material property in said body portion.
The method claim of 1 wherein said step of manufacturing includes operating an additive manufacturing process configured to manufacture at least a portion of said body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.