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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Cyril Voisard, Langendorf, CH;
Robert Frigg, Langendorf, CH;
Goetz Thorwarth, Langendorf, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC., Raynham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/80 (2013.01); A61B 17/68 (2013.01); A61B 17/72 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30454 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30457 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for joining two or more segments of a bone implant comprises the steps of placing a plurality of thin layers of an intermetallic material between first and second segments of the bone implant and applying a mechanical load to the plurality of layers. In a subsequent step, the plurality of layers are ignited by applying an external activation energy thereto, the ignition heating the plurality of layers to a reaction temperature and causing the segments to become affixed to one another after cooling.