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AssigneeSulzer Orthopedics Inc.
InventorsSteve Brown, John Wheeler, Mark Lester, James Burrows
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An implantable orthopedic prosthesis has a macro/micro-textured bone and soft tissue attachment surface to which a spiked washer is clamped by a threaded bolt received through said washer and threaded into said prosthesis. Soft tissue is secured to the prosthesis by clamping between said washer and said soft tissue attachment surface. The tissue attachment surface is arranged as a regular grid of depressions separated by orthogonal ridges formed by electrodischarge machining of the prosthesis using a machining electrode having a mold-opposite surface texture with a micro-textured roughened surface finish. The spacing of the spikes is and integer multiple of the spacing of the depressions to assure registry of the spikes with the depressions.
An implantable orthopedic femoral prosthesis for replacing a proximal femur and connecting to soft tissue of a patient, comprising:
A method for attaching soft tissue of a patient to an implantable orthopedic femoral prosthesis, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.