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US 9,308,300 B2Granted
Prosthetic implants
AssigneeSmith & Nephew, Inc.
InventorsDavid C. Kelman, Hamish Forster, Malcolm Brown, Horacio Montes De Oca Balderas, Mason James Bettenga
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to prosthetic implants, components of prosthetic implants, and methods of fixating the components to one another and, especially fixation of the implants to bone.
Claims23
A device for stabilization of a prosthetic implant in bone tissue comprising:
- at least one resorbable component, the resorbable component including a polymer material, the polymer material having shape memory qualities;
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- at least one non-resorbable component;
- and
- wherein the polymer material comprises a shape memory polymer material having an initial deformed shape and a memorized shape, said shape memory polymer material transforming from said initial deformed shape to said memorized shape upon addition of energy;
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- wherein the resorbable component includes multiple zones of the polymer material having different rates of resorption.
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