Granted Patent B2

US 8,864,839 · App. 13/737,020 · Granted Oct 21, 2014

Abstract

Claims (37)

1. An implant device for humans or mammals comprises:

a solid body structure having an exposed surface;

one or more selected portions of the exposed surface having a porosity created by bone formation enhancing repeatable geometric 3-dimensional pattern duplicating or replicating the cancellous morphology of under-modelled pre-cancellous bone mimicking a marine or sea mammal bone structure wherein the repeatable geometric 3-dimensional pattern is repeatably placed on portions of the exposed surface to create a substantially continuous network having voids having a medium width of 500 to 800 microns formed as a trabecular structure which enhances bone formation, the voids of the substantially continuous network extend to a depth of 150 microns or less from the one or more portions of the exposed selected surface having the 3-dimensional pattern providing the depth of the 3-dimensional pattern, the depth being the distance the pattern penetrates into the body structure to produce the repeatable 3-dimensional pattern for enhancing bone formation of about 150 microns or less.

2. The implant device for humans or mammals of claim 1 wherein the exposed surface is on exposed exterior portions of the body structure or exposed internal portions of the body structure or both.

3. The implant device for humans or mammals of claim 2 wherein the one or more selected portions of the exposed portions having the bone formation enhancing repeatable geometric 3-dimensional patterns are in the external exposed surfaces or in the internal exposed surfaces or both internal and external exposed surfaces.

4. The implant device for humans or mammals of claim 1 wherein the solid body structure is made of an implantable plastic or polymer.

5. The implant device for humans or mammals of claim 4 wherein the plastic is PEEK.

6. The implant device for humans or mammals of claim 1 wherein the solid body structure is made of a metal suitable for implanting in a human or mammal.

7. The implant device for humans or mammals of claim 6 wherein the metal is titanium or a titanium alloy.

8. The implant device for humans or mammals of claim 6 wherein the metal is stainless steel or a stainless steel alloy.

9. The implant device for humans or mammals of claim 1 wherein the plastic material can be any implantable grade material such as PEEK (polyether ether ketone), PEKK (polyether ketone ketone), polyethylene, ultra high molecular weight polyethylene, polyphenylsulfone, polysulfone, polythermide, acetal copolymer, polyester woven or solid or implantable grade lennite UHME-PE.

10. The implant device for humans or mammals of claim 1 may include anchoring holes to secure the device to the skeletal structure with fasteners or alternatively can simply be held in place by and between adjacent skeletal structures.

11. The implant device for humans or mammals of claim 1 wherein the sea or marine mammal is a whale.

12. The implant device for humans or mammals of claim 1 wherein the sea or marine mammal is a dolphin.

13. The implant device for humans or mammals of claim 1 wherein the bone formation enhancing repeatable geometric 3-dimensional pattern mimics or replicates the following characteristics of whale bone;

BIOPSY

BV/TV

BS/BV

TbTh

TbSp

TbN

Ost #

Cross

17.71

14.98

135.16

631.70

1.33

230/mm 2

Long

24.54

8.67

231.05

710.98

1.06

150/mm 2

14. The implant device for humans or mammals of claim 1 wherein the implant at select portions exhibits a stress neutral isotropic structure for enhancing bone formation.

Assignments (10)