Orthopedic implant having a porous surface and method of making same
OwnerWen-Ching Say, Chih-I Lin +1inventors
InventorsWen-Ching Say, Chih-I Lin, Shengfu Lin
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Abstract
An orthopedic implant has a porous surface with a plurality of pores, some of which are provided with a pores-within-a-pore structure. The pores-within-a-pore structure has a pore opening ranging in size between 10 and 800 microns. The present invention also discloses a process for making an orthopedic implant which is provided in the surface thereof with a pores-within-a-pore porous structure.
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An orthopedic metal implant comprising at least one outer surface having a plurality of pores on at least a portion of said outer surface, wherein part of the plurality of pores have a pores-within-a-pore porous structure, said pores-within-a-pore porous structure comprising a first pore on the outer surface of the implant and at least one second pore within the first pore and wherein said first pore has a pore opening ranging in size between 10 and 800 microns.
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