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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2014
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Matthew E. Monaghan, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Timothy A. Hoeman, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Abstract
An orthopaedic implant for filling a bone void and a method of using the same. The orthopaedic implant comprises an open porous metal portion and a bone cement portion. At a first surface region, the open porous metal portion facilitates bone and/or soft tissue ingrowth into the pores of the first surface region of the open porous metal. At a second surface region, the open porous metal facilitates reception of the bone cement into the pores of the second surface region of the open porous metal. The open porous metal portion of the orthopaedic implant may also be formed of a plurality of porous metal fragments aggregated together with the cement portion of the orthopaedic implant. Additionally, the orthopaedic implant may be pliable and thereby capable of being molded to the shape of a void in a bone.