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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
May. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Christopher J. Hunter, Warsaw, IN (US);
Oludele O. Popoola, Granger, IN (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22F 1/18 (2006.01); B21D 37/16 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); C22C 1/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01); A61L 27/04 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61F 2/28 (2013.01); A61F 2/4455 (2013.01); A61L 27/04 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); C22C 1/08 (2013.01); A61C 2008/0046 (2013.01); A61F 2/3094 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30011 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30065 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3092 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00011 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00395 (2013.01); A61L 2430/02 (2013.01); A61L 2430/38 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of fabricating an anisotropic porous scaffold includes heating a previously-formed porous metal scaffold to permit deformation of a material of the previously-formed porous metal scaffold, and deforming, while heated, the previously-formed porous metal scaffold in at least a first direction.