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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Biomet Manufacturing, Llc, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventor:
Aaron P. Smith, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/34 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B22F 7/00 (2006.01); B22F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/34 (2013.01); A61F 2/3094 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B22F 7/004 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); A61F 2002/30013 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3097 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30769 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30879 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30894 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30962 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3412 (2013.01); B22F 2005/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A prosthetic member is formed to include a selected thickness to allow for bone retention. The prosthetic member can include a formed support member that can include a rigidifying structure. The rigidifying structure can be formed substantially simultaneously with a formation of at least one portion of the prosthetic member.