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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2021
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Rachel Gibbons, Easton, PA (US);
Tatyana Kaverina, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Arlen Dale Hanssen, Rochester, MN (US);
Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method comprising cutting a channel through a femoral neck and into a femoral head of a femur, and inserting a femoral implant within the channel such that a porous portion of the femoral implant is positioned within the femoral head and a resorbable portion of the femoral implant is positioned within the femoral neck, the porous portion being coupled to the resorbable portion and extending therefrom along a longitudinal axis of the femoral implant, the resorbable portion having a cross-sectional area defined in a plane extending transverse to a longitudinal axis of the femoral implant, the cross-sectional area of the resorbable portion consisting essentially of a resorbable material.