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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.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1988
Filed:
May. 19, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans Grundei, Lubeck, DE;
Assignee:
S+G Implants, Lubeck, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; B29H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 16 ; 264 35 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to bone-graft material or implant and to the method of producing the same, for the replacement of animal and human bones and bone parts. The material or implant comprises a morphologically stable, open-pored or open-celled moulding having a sponge-like structure. The mean width of the pores or cells in the implant is in the range of 0.5 to 1.5 mms. and preferably of 0.8 to 1.0 mm. The implant may be made of metal or plastic material, and may be of any desired shape, such as a wedge, a key, a parallelepiped, a cylinder, a disc or a sheath, for example.