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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Swiss Idea Box Sarl, La Neuveville, CH;
Inventors:
Jean-Luc Thuliez, Le Landeron, CH;
John Nicholas Ayliffe, Ligniéres, CH;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/30 (2006.01); A61L 27/44 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30965 (2013.01); A61F 2/30 (2013.01); A61F 2/3094 (2013.01); A61F 2/38 (2013.01); A61F 2/389 (2013.01); A61F 2/3859 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/303 (2013.01); A61L 27/443 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30011 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30016 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30624 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30971 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3863 (2013.01); A61F 2310/0058 (2013.01); A61L 2300/104 (2013.01); A61L 2430/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and implant based on injection molding techniques. The method produces polymeric components suitable for implantation with a structure and mechanical properties close to those of natural bone tissue. In a variant, method for making an implant or component thereof includes forming a standard shape foamed blank, and over-molding a thin layer of non-foamed PEEK material onto the standard shaped foamed blank to obtain a final implant component geometry, whereby the blank is completely encapsulated by the over-molded layer.