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US 7,341,601 B2Granted
Woven orthopedic implants
AssigneeWarsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
InventorsLukas Eisermann, Eddie F. Ray, III
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Abstract
The present invention relates to orthopedic implants made from a mesh material. The mesh material can be treated in order to promote bone growth, to provide antibiotics, or to provide other beneficial treatment. Specific applications for the implants include, for example, a prosthetic ligament, a tension band, an interbody device, or a fixation device that extends across one or more joints or fractures.
Claims24
An orthopedic implant comprising:
- an interconnecting network of flexible and deformable metallic fibers configured to conform to a selected bone structure;
- one or more reinforcing elements comprising a reinforcing band secured to and bounding an entire outer perimeter of said network of metallic fibers to provide the orthopedic implant with a low profile, sheet-like structure having a substantially planar configuration;
- one or more bone fasteners extending through the network or one of the reinforcing elements;
- an osteogenic material impregnating at least a portion of the interconnecting network between said metallic fibers to promote bone growth into said network of metallic fibers, wherein said implant is adapted for promoting fusion between adjacent bone structures;
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- wherein the sheet-like structure is sized to extend across a space between the adjacent bone structures and includes opposite end portions, at least one of the bone fasteners extending through each of the opposite end portions to secure the sheet-like structure to the adjacent bone structures.
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An orthopedic implant comprising:
- a network composed of a plurality of flexible and deformable metallic fibers, one or more reinforcing elements comprising a reinforcing band secured to and bounding an entire outer perimeter of said network of metallic fibers to provide the orthopedic implant with a low profile, sheet-like structure having a substantially planar configuration, said reinforcing elements formed of a bendable material configured to conform the network to a selected bone structure;
- one or more bone fasteners extending through the network or through the one or more reinforcing elements;
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- an osteogenic material impregnating at least a portion of the network between said metallic fibers to promote bone growth into said network of metallic fibers;
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- wherein the sheet-like structure is sized to extend across a space between adjacent bone structures and includes opposite end portions, at least one of the bone fasteners extending through each of the opposite end portions to secure the sheet-like structure to the adjacent bone structures.
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An orthopedic implant comprising:
- an interconnected network of flexible and deformable metallic fibers;
- one or more reinforcing elements comprising a reinforcing band secured to and bounding an entire outer perimeter of the interconnected network of metallic fibers to provide the orthopedic implant with a low profile, sheet-like structure having a substantially planar configuration;
- at least two bone fasteners;
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- an osteogenic material impregnating at least a portion of the interconnected network between said metallic fibers to promote bone growth into said network of metallic fibers;
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- wherein the sheet-like structure is sized to extend across a space between adjacent bone structures and includes opposite end portions, at least one of the bone fasteners extending through each of the opposite end portions to secure the sheet-like structure to the adjacent bone structures.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.