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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Woodwelding Ag, Stansstad, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
WOODWELDING AG, Stansstad, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2013.01); A61B 17/68 (2013.01); A61C 8/0012 (2013.01); A61C 8/0016 (2013.01); A61B 17/00491 (2013.01); A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 2017/005 (2013.01); A61F 2/0811 (2013.01); A61F 2/28 (2013.01); A61F 2/30 (2013.01); A61F 2/30749 (2013.01); A61F 2/442 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30065 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4683 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0071 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0008 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implant includes first thermoplastic material portions, and second thermoplastic material portions liquefiable by mechanical vibrations and being in contact with the first thermoplastic material portions, wherein the second thermoplastic material portions preferably constitute at least a part of a surface of the implant, and wherein the first thermoplastic material portions have a glass transition temperature above an implantation temperature (about 20° C. to 40° C.), and wherein the second thermoplastic material portions either have a glass transition temperature below the implantation temperature or are able to transform non-mechanical energy into heat.