Implant system and method
Assignee4WEB, Inc.
InventorJessee Hunt
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Abstract
In various embodiments, an implant for interfacing with a bone structure includes a web structure including a space truss. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes and the web structure is configured to interface with human bone tissue. In some embodiments, a method is provided that includes accessing an intersomatic space and inserting an implant into the intersomatic space. The implant includes a web structure including a space truss. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes and the web structure is configured to interface with human bone tissue.
Claims24
An implant for interfacing with a bone structure, comprising:
- an external frame defining an exterior surface of the implant, wherein the external frame is defined by a plurality of planar truss units arranged in a series with an angle relative to one another forming an enclosure having substantially vertical walls defined by the planar truss units with the planar truss units arranged in a vertical direction from a bottom surface of the implant toward a top surface of the implant;
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- an internal web structure at least partially enclosed by the external frame configured to interface with bone tissue, the internal web structure comprising:
- a space truss comprising two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes, wherein the space truss comprises planar truss units forming one or more polyhedron truss units, and wherein planar truss units of at least one of the one or more polyhedron truss units define the external frame, and
- wherein at least one polyhedron truss unit of the web structure passes into a central portion of the implant.
A method, comprising:
- accessing a space proximate a bone structure comprising bone tissue;
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- inserting an implant into the space, wherein the implant comprises:
- an external frame defining an exterior surface of the implant, wherein the external frame is defined by a plurality of planar truss units arranged in a series with an angle relative to one another forming an enclosure having substantially vertical walls defined by the planar truss units with the planar truss units arranged in a vertical direction from a bottom surface of the implant toward a top surface of the implant;
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- an internal web structure at least partially enclosed by the external frame configured to interface with the bone tissue, the internal web structure comprising:
- a space truss comprising two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes, wherein the space truss comprises planar truss units forming a plurality of polyhedron truss units, and wherein planar truss units of at least a portion of the plurality of polyhedron truss units define the external frame, and
- wherein at least one polyhedron truss unit of the web structure passes into a central portion of the implant.
An implant for interfacing with a bone structure, comprising:
- an external frame defining an exterior surface of the implant;
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- an internal web structure at least partially enclosed by the external frame configured to interface with bone tissue, the internal web structure comprising:
- a space truss comprising a plurality of polyhedron truss units, wherein the center portion of the polyhedron truss units have a void region in their center that does not include any additional members extending there through, and
- wherein at least one polyhedron truss unit of the web structure passes into a central portion of the implant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.