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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2000
Ingrid Bruce, Viken, SE;
Lars Bruce, Viken, SE;
Ingrid Bruce, Viken, SE;
Lars Bruce, Viken, SE;
Tigran Technologies AB, Helsingborg, SE;
Abstract
A body, such as a grain, for providing ingrowth and growth of bone tissue and/or connective tissue. The body consists of a plastic or non-essentially elastic biocompatible material, preferably metal or metal alloy. It is also porous, having the following porosity characteristics: (a) the porosity is continuous and (b) the opening of cavities/indentations/pockets and the ducts connecting them has the width of >about 50 μm for bone tissue and >about 10 μm for connective tissue. In a method of making such a body, the body has been produced by blowing gas into a melt of metal. An advantageous use of bodies according to the invention is enclosing thereof in a casing, formed with openings, for making an implant, such as a spinal implant.