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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Ned M. Hamman, Leesburg, IN (US);
James B. Fleming, Warsaw, IN (US);
Isaac Janson, South Bend, IN (US);
Mukesh Kumar, Warsaw, IN (US);
Jason D. Meridew, Syracuse, IN (US);
Elizabeth A. Schlueter, Gainesville, FL (US);
Ned M. Hamman, Leesburg, IN (US);
James B. Fleming, Warsaw, IN (US);
Isaac Janson, South Bend, IN (US);
Mukesh Kumar, Warsaw, IN (US);
Jason D. Meridew, Syracuse, IN (US);
Elizabeth A. Schlueter, Gainesville, FL (US);
Biomet Manufacturing Corp., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
A method for providing a porous metal implant. A mixture of a biocompatible metal, a spacing agent, and a binder is provided. The mixture is formed into a shaped the spacing agent is removed to form a plurality of pores in the implant. A shaped porous metal implant is also provided.