Canine hip prosthesis
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Sep 10, 1991
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Feb 16, 1990
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Feb 16, 1990
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A canine hip prosthesis with a porous coating for bone ingrowth is disclosed. The femoral prosthesis generally comprises a stem for insertion into the intramedullary canal of a canine femur which stem is divided into a proximal portion and a longer distal portion. The stem exhibits a compound curvature along its length, including a slight posterior bow, which provides the prosthesis with a glove-like fit in the prepared intramedullary canal of the canine femur. Provided on the proximal portion of the stem is a porous coating which generally comprises two layers of ball-shaped metallic particles bonded together at their points of contact, e.g. by sintering, which define between themselves a plurality of connected interstitial pores. The size of the particles is from -30 to +35 U.S. Standard mesh size, and the pore size is between about 0.014 and 0.020 inches. The porous coating described provides superior resistance to failure at the coating-substrate and coating-bone interfaces, without weakening the prosthesis. The porous coating disclosed is also suitable for use in other canine bone prostheses.
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