Medical Implants Having Desired Surface Features and Methods of Manufacturing

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20210251764A1
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17306066

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In embodiments of the invention, an implant that anchors into bone may have a bone-facing region that comprises a plurality of interconnected struts. The interconnected struts may define local features such as engagement ridges, fins, crests, a macroscopic surface-interrupting feature, a divertor structure, and sawteeth in any combination. Such features may help resist translation or rotation of the implant, and may be conducive to bone ingrowth. Parameters such as local empty volume fraction and local average strut length can be varied, even within the features, by the design of the network of struts. Struts may be tapered. Cantilever struts may also be provided, which may point in a desired direction. The pattern of struts may be specified to the level of dimensions and location of individual struts. The implant may be manufactured by additive manufacturing methods. The mesh of struts may be generated by an algorithm using Voronoi tessellation.

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NEXTSTEP ARTHROPEDIX LLC1800 TRIPLETT BLVD AKRON OH 44306

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Barros, Richard Cuyahoga Falls, US 4 20
Fries, Christopher Lee Fresno, US 4 20
Lucas, Eric Montgomery Stow, US 8 152
Moore, Cowan H Uniontown, US 4 20
Theken, Randall R Barberton, US 22 1672

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