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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10893943 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2016

Method and apparatus for applying a bone attachment coating

Applicant:

Biomet Manufacturing, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);

Inventors:

Mohammed Imran Khan, Berkshire, GB;

Hannah Wilson, Avon, GB;

Anthony Lane, Wiltshire, GB;

Assignee:

Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);

Attorney:

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Dah-Wei D Yuan

Assistant Examiner:

Andrew J Bowman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/34 (2006.01); B05C 13/02 (2006.01); B29C 35/02 (2006.01); B29C 59/02 (2006.01); B05C 19/00 (2006.01); B05B 7/14 (2006.01); B05B 7/22 (2006.01); B05B 13/02 (2006.01); B05B 17/06 (2006.01); B05C 3/00 (2006.01); B05C 3/18 (2006.01); B05D 3/02 (2006.01); B05B 17/04 (2006.01); B05D 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30767 (2013.01); A61F 2/3094 (2013.01); A61F 2/34 (2013.01); B05C 13/02 (2013.01); B05C 19/004 (2013.01); B29C 35/0261 (2013.01); B29C 59/02 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3093 (2013.01); B05B 7/1486 (2013.01); B05B 7/228 (2013.01); B05B 13/0228 (2013.01); B05B 17/04 (2013.01); B05B 17/0623 (2013.01); B05C 3/005 (2013.01); B05C 3/18 (2013.01); B05D 3/0254 (2013.01); B05D 7/02 (2013.01); B05D 2401/32 (2013.01); B29C 2059/028 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for applying a bone attachment coating to a prosthetic component, the bone attachment coating being formed from a plurality of particles applied to a surface of the prosthetic component. The method comprising: locally exciting the particles so as to increase the kinetic and/or thermal energy of the particles; and applying pressure to the particles by virtue of a press arranged so as to press the particles against the surface of the prosthetic component at an interface between the press and the prosthetic component. The kinetic and/or thermal energy of the particles causes localised heating of the component such that the particles may be embedded into the surface of the prosthetic component.

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