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US 9,572,669 B2Granted
Programmable implant having an angled exterior surface
Assignee4-Web, Inc.
InventorsJessee Hunt, Timothy Ganey
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Abstract
Various embodiments of implant systems and related apparatus, and methods of operating the same are described herein. In various embodiments, an implant for interfacing with a bone structure includes a web structure, including a space truss, configured to interface with human bone tissue. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes. Implants are optimized for the expected stress applied at the bone structure site.
Claims24
An implant for interfacing with a bone structure, comprising:
- a web structure comprising a plurality of struts joined at nodes to form a space truss comprising a plurality of planar truss units, wherein the web structure is configured to interface with bone tissue, and wherein the plurality of planar truss units are coupled to one another such that one or more planar truss units lie in a plane that is not substantially parallel to a plane of a planar truss unit that shares at least one strut with the one or more planar truss units;
- wherein a diameter and/or length of the struts and/or density of the web structure are predetermined such that when the web structure is in contact with the bone at least a portion of the struts create a microstrain in adhered osteoblasts, bone matrix, or lamellar tissue;
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- wherein one or more angles defined by two struts and a node of one or more of the planar truss units are different than one or more corresponding angles defined by two struts and a node of one or more other planar truss units, wherein connecting exterior surface struts couple the nodes of the non-equivalent angle planar truss units to each other such that the implant has a varied height.
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A method of repairing a bone structure, comprising:
- obtaining an implant, the implant comprising:
- a web structure comprising a plurality of struts joined at nodes to form a space truss comprising a plurality of planar truss units, wherein the web structure is configured to interface with bone tissue, and wherein the plurality of planar truss units are coupled to one another such that one or more planar truss units lie in a plane that is not substantially parallel to a plane of a planar truss unit that shares at least one strut with the one or more planar truss units;
- wherein a diameter and/or length of the struts and/or density of the web structure are predetermined such that when the web structure is in contact with the bone at least a portion of the struts create a microstrain in adhered osteoblasts, bone matrix, or lamellar tissue;
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- wherein one or more angles defined by two struts and a node of one or more of the planar truss units are different than one or more corresponding angles defined by two struts and a node of one or more other planar truss units, wherein connecting exterior surface struts couple the nodes of the non-equivalent angle planar truss units to each other such that the implant has a varied height;
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- coupling the implant to the bone structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.