Smith + Nephew

Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics Ag

Smith Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Limited

Forrest A James

Vivek Devidas Pawar

Carolyn L Weaver

Roger Ryan Dees, Jr

Marcus Lee Scott

Daniel A Heuer

Matthew J Quick

Jr Roger R Dees

There are provided herein methods and products resulting therefrom. The methods include attaching a pre-fabricated porous ingrowth structure to a substrate by applying heat, or creating and bonding an in-situ-formed porous ingrowth structure from beads on a substrate by applying heat. In some embodiments, an oxidized metal surface of the substrate is diffusion hardened during the heating process. In some embodiments, a vacuum is applied during the heating process. In some embodiments, pressure is applied during the heating process. Also provided herein are assemblies for compressing the pre-fabricated porous ingrowth structure or the beads onto the substrate during the heating process.

Methods and apparatuses for attachment of porous coatings to implants and products thereof

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Oakland, TN, United States of America

Forrest A James