3-d printing of porous implants

G Wei - US Patent App. 15/490,380, 2018 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND [0001] Three-dimensional (3-D) printing is an additive printing process used
to make three-dimensional solid objects from a digital model. 3-D printing techniques are …

Interbody implants and optimization features thereof

C Newman, CK Schultz, S Willis… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
A spinal interbody device (IBD) includes a solid wall that at least partially defines a boundary
of the IBD and a porous body connected to the solid wall. The porous body includes a …

In-vivo biodegradable medical implant

K Tomantschger, G Palumbo, D Facchini - US Patent 9,119,906, 2015 - Google Patents
This invention is directed to the use of at least partially fine-grained metallic articles or their
components for biode gradable medical devices, specifically implants. Isotropic …

Implantable medical devices

AJ Melkent, BR Thoren, TJN Smith, ID Grant… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
Implantable medical devices are provided. In one embodiment, a device includes a body
having an external surface defining an outer profile of the device. The body includes a …

Tissue repair devices and scaffolds

JL Ricci, E Clark, P Coelho, ED Rekow… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to multiphasic, three-dimen sionally printed, tissue repair
devices or scaffolds useful for promoting bone growth and treating bone fracture, defect or …

Intervertebral implant

WC Wang, YN Chen, SUE Tzyy-Ker, WJ Shih… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
An intervertebral implant is a porous structure formed of a plurality of metal balls, and the
intervertebral implant includes a bone support area and a bone growth area. The bone …

Biomimmetic nanofiber scaffold for soft tissue and soft tissue-to-bone repair, augmentation and replacement

HH Lu, J Spalazzi, KL Moffat, WN Levine - US Patent 10,265,155, 2019 - Google Patents
2014-12-02 Assigned to NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), US DEPT. OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), US GOVERNMENT reassignment NATIONAL …

ACIS allograft designs

M Mazzuca, T Gamache - US Patent 9,566,169, 2017 - Google Patents
The natural intervertebral disc contains a jelly-like nucleus pulposus Surrounded by a
fibrous annulus fibrosus. Under an axial load, the nucleus pulposus compresses and …

Tissue repair devices and scaffolds

BN Cronstein, AM Munoz, J Ricci… - US Patent App. 15 …, 2016 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to multiphasic, three-dimensionally printed, tissue repair
devices or scaffolds useful for promoting bone growth and treating bone fracture, defect or …

Femoral component for knee prostheses

P Cremascoli - US Patent App. 15/106,743, 2017 - Google Patents
A femoral component for knee prostheses includes a body of the femoral component that
defines a supporting structure of the femoral component with mediolateral reinforcements …