Kyocera Corporation

Kyoto Ceramic Co., Ltd.

Shoichi Hamamoto

Hirokazu Amino

Noriyuki Ishida

Yasunori Tamura

Yoichi Nishio

Masaru Ichimiya

Masaaki Hiwatashi

A prosthesis for the replacement of hard tissues of human bones and joints, comprising a porous lamination component of metal thin sheets, each having a plurality of through holes and a thickness of 150 .mu.m or less, and being unharmful to the living body, the porous lamination component being formed such that the sheets are laid over one another and are then diffusion-bonded therebetween into one body by heating so that the through holes communicate with one another in the direction of the thickness thereof, and the prosthesis being entirely or partially composed of the porous lamination component. The present invention also relates to a method of making such a prosthesis. The present invention can provide prostheses which are not required to be replaced again, thereby imposing a less burden to patients.

Prosthesis and a method of making the same

Hard tissue prosthesis including porous thin metal sheets

An extrusion die for forming thin-walled honeycomb structures is provided comprising a plurality of discharge slots for forming unit cells of a predetermined web thickness formed transversely in the die to a predetermined depth in the outlet face and a plurality of mutually independent feed passageways formed transversely in the die extending from the inlet face of the die and communicating with the discharge slots. The cross-sectional area of the feed passageways is larger than the cross-sectional area of the discharge slots which are fed by the feed passageway, thereby applying sufficient flow resistance to the extrudable material and the discharge slot.

Extrusion die for ceramic honeycomb structures

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Kyoto, Japan

Shoichi Hamamoto