Surgically implantable prosthetic devices
AssigneeImplant Innovations, Inc.
InventorKeith D. Beaty
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Abstract
The surface of a surgically-implantable prosthetic device is impacted with particles of the same material as the device to form the surface into a desired pattern of roughness.
Claims6
A substantially cylindrical dental implant having on its surface a plurality of discrete depressions, each of said depressions having a shape corresponding to a projectile impacting said surface coincident to rotation of said implant in a selected direction about a longitudinal axis of said implant, said depressions facing forward relative to said selected direction of rotation and having a longer dimension generally parallel to said selected direction of rotation, said implant being adapted for installation in a receiving bore in a patient's jawbone by turning said implant in said bore in said selected direction of rotation, at least some of said depressions receiving chips of said bone in response to rotation of said implant in said bore.
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