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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2013
Depuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Sean H Kerr, West Chester, PA (US);
David Armbruster, West Chester, PA (US);
Ami Saheba, West Chester, PA (US);
James Dwyer, West Chester, PA (US);
Ali Cern Recber, West Chester, PA (US);
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc., Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
Provided are porous, biocompatible implant bodies and materials. These materials suitably comprise a population of randomly arranged thermoplastic constituents, with at least some of the constituents being bonded to one another The implant bodies are capable of being manipulated at room temperature from a first shape to a second shape, and of maintaining the second shape at about internal body temperature. Also provided are related methods of fabricating such implants and installing the implants into a subject.