Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High fatigue strength porous structure
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Application No.: US15982704Application Date: 2018-05-17
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Publication No.: US11298747B2Publication Date: 2022-04-12
- Inventor: Robert W. Klein , Lewis Mullen , Joseph Robinson
- Applicant: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Mahwah
- Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Current Assignee: Howmedica Osteonics Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Mahwah
- Agency: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik, LLP
- Main IPC: B22F10/20
- IPC: B22F10/20 ; B33Y10/00 ; B22F5/10 ; B22F7/00 ; B23K15/00 ; B23K26/342 ; B22F3/24 ; B33Y80/00 ; B33Y70/00 ; A61F2/30

Abstract:
A porous apparatus includes a first layer and a second layer. The second layer has a plurality of struts. At least some of the struts define a porous geometry defining a plurality of faces, at least one of the plurality of the faces at least partially confronting the first layer. Each face is bounded by intersecting struts at vertices. Less than all of the vertices of each face of the porous geometry at least partially confronting the first layer are connected by a strut to the first layer. A process of producing the at least partially porous structure includes depositing and scanning metal powder layers. At least some of the scanned metal powder layers form either one or both of a portion of a first section of the structure and a portion of a second section of the structure formed by at least the struts defining the porous geometry.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180333780A1 HIGH FATIGUE STRENGTH POROUS STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2018-11-22
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