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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2012
Applicants:
Gordon Hunter, Memphis, TN (US);
Vivek Pawar, Germantown, TN (US);
Daniel A. Heuer, Memphis, TN (US);
Abraham Salehi, Bartlett, TN (US);
Michael B. Cooper, Nesbit, MS (US);
Inventors:
Gordon Hunter, Memphis, TN (US);
Vivek Pawar, Germantown, TN (US);
Daniel A. Heuer, Memphis, TN (US);
Abraham Salehi, Bartlett, TN (US);
Michael B. Cooper, Nesbit, MS (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/30 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B22F 7/08 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/30 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); B22F 3/105 (2013.01); B22F 7/08 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2817 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30677 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30957 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30968 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00293 (2013.01); B22F 2998/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A porous medical implant and a method of making same is described. The medical implant comprises a porous surface formed by application of pulsed electrical energy ins such a way as to cause a localized heating in the surface of the material comprising portions of the implant. The method comprises a pulsed current sintering technique.