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- Patent Title: Modified porous materials and methods of creating interconnected porosity in materials
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Application No.: US15133600Application Date: 2016-04-20
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Publication No.: US10064983B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Christopher G. Papangelou , G. Joshua Karnes
- Applicant: Arthrex, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US FL Naples
- Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Arthrex, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Naples
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: A61L31/04
- IPC: A61L31/04 ; A61L31/14 ; A61L31/06 ; A61L31/02

Abstract:
Techniques, mixtures and improved porous materials (interconnected porous constructs) that are capable of maintaining a sufficient porosity while conferring improved mechanical and physical strength to the final construct. A sacrificial construct (for example, a sacrificial material such as polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)) is used to obtain an inverse porosity of the construct it was molded into. The process provides a less porous end material that may be used as an arthroplasty device or surgical implant (for example, an interference screw of suture anchor) among many other applications. The process employs a sacrificial material to reduce the porosity of the final construct to about 35%.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160228619A1 MODIFIED POROUS MATERIALS AND METHODS OF CREATING INTERCONNECTED POROSITY IN MATERIALS Public/Granted day:2016-08-11
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