Granted Patent B2

US 9,015,922 · App. 13/737,043 · Granted Apr 28, 2015

Abstract

Claims (38)

1. The method of producing a bone implant having a solid body structure having exposed surfaces; the method comprises the step of creating a bone formation enhancing 3-dimensional pattern by one of molding, etching, embossing, machining, masking, plasma deposition, plasma enhanced chemical deposition, additive fabrication, lasering, or assembling of layers of the pattern into one or more selected portions of the exposed surfaces; and wherein the one or more selected portions of the exposed surfaces having a porosity created by having the bone formation enhancing geometric 3-dimensional pattern duplicating or replicating the cancellous morphology of under-modelled pre-natal bone compared to an adult human bone by mimicking a marine or sea mammal bone structure or a pre-natal human bone structure 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 .

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the pattern is repeating.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the pattern is repeatable.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the bone formation enhancing geometric 3-dimensional pattern is placed on portions of the exposed surface to create a 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 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, the depth being the distance the pattern penetrates into the body structure to produce the pattern.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the exposed surface is on exposed exterior portions of the body structure or on exposed internal portions of the body structure or both.

6. The method of claim 5 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.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the solid body structure is made of an implantable plastic or polymer.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the plastic is PEEK.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the solid body structure is made of a metal suitable for implanting in a human or mammal.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the metal is titanium or a titanium alloy.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the metal is stainless steel or a stainless steel alloy.

12. The method of claim 7 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.

13. The method 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.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the sea or marine mammal is a whale.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the sea or marine mammal is a dolphin.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the implant at select portions exhibits a stress neutral isotropic structure for enhancing bone formation.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein the solid body structure is made of bone allograft.

Assignments (10)