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Granted Patent B2
US 12,263,094 · App. 18/058,589 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Implant having a shaft coated with a web structure

Inventor: Jessee Hunt (Plano, TX)
Assignee: 4WEB, LLC
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Patent No.
US 12,263,094
App. No.
18/058,589
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In various embodiments, an implant for interfacing with a bone structure includes a web structure including a space truss. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes and the web structure is configured to interface with human bone tissue. In some embodiments, a method is provided that includes accessing an intersomatic space and inserting an implant into the intersomatic space. The implant includes a web structure including a space truss. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes and the web structure is configured to interface with human bone tissue.

Claims (28)

1. An implant for interfacing with a bone structure, comprising:

an external frame defining an exterior surface of the implant; and

an internal space truss structure at least partially enclosed by the external frame, wherein the internal space structure includes:

a plurality of truss units coupled together, the truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes, at least some of the struts extending into a central portion of the internal space truss structure, wherein a first set of struts extending into the central portion have a first diameter and a second set of struts extending into the central portion have a second diameter different from the first diameter.

2. The implant of claim 1 , wherein the struts are elongated members coupled together at the nodes, the nodes being formed by coupling of the elongated members.

3. The implant of claim 1 , wherein the struts are rounded elongated members coupled together at the nodes.

4. The implant of claim 1 , wherein the truss units are planar truss units.

5. The implant of claim 4 , wherein at least one of the two or more planar truss units lies in a plane that is not substantially parallel to a plane of at least one or more of the other two or more planar truss units.

6. The implant of claim 1 , wherein the external frame comprises at least one of a top, a bottom, or a side portion of the implant.

7. The implant of claim 1 , wherein the external frame comprises one or more planar trusses that each comprise two or more planar truss units disposed proximate an exterior of the internal space truss structure.

8. The implant of claim 1 , wherein the external frame comprises two or more planar trusses adjacent one another, wherein each of the two or more adjacent planar trusses comprise two or more adjacent planar truss units that lie in substantially the same plane.

9. The implant of claim 1 , wherein the external frame comprises one or more planar trusses, the trusses having a plurality of struts joined at nodes, and wherein a third set of struts have a third diameter and a fourth set of struts have a fourth diameter different from the third diameter.

10. The implant of claim 1 , wherein the external frame is defined by a plurality of planar truss units forming an enclosure having substantially vertical walls defined by the planar truss units, and wherein the planar truss units are arranged in a vertical direction from a bottom surface of the implant toward a top surface of the implant.

11. The implant of claim 1 , wherein the internal space truss structure comprises a plurality of truss units in the shape of polyhedrons, and wherein planar truss units of at least a portion of the plurality of polyhedron truss units define a portion of the external frame.

12. The implant of claim 1 , wherein the implant is configured for use as a spinal implant, a corpectomy device, in a hip replacement, in a knee replacement, in a long bone reconstruction scaffold, foot and ankle implant, shoulder implant, a joint replacement or in a cranio-maxifacial implant.

13. The implant of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the struts of the internal space truss structure comprises a biologic, growth factor or antimicrobial coupled thereto.

14. A method, comprising:

accessing a space proximate a bone structure comprising human bone tissue; and

inserting an implant into the space, wherein the implant comprises:

an external frame defining an exterior surface of the implant; and

an internal space truss structure at least partially enclosed by the external frame, wherein the internal space structure includes:

a plurality of truss units coupled together, the truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes, at least some of the struts extending into a central portion of the internal space truss structure, wherein a first set of struts extending into the central portion have a first diameter and a second set of struts extending into the central portion have a second diameter different from the first diameter.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the space comprises an intervertebral space and, wherein the implant comprises a spinal fusion implant.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the space comprises a void proximate an ankle or knee, and wherein the implant comprises an osteotomy implant.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the internal space truss structure comprises at least one strut that passes through the central portion of the implant.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the external frame comprises at least one of a top, a bottom, or a side portion of the implant.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the external frame comprises one or more planar trusses that each comprise two or more planar truss units disposed proximate an exterior of the internal space truss structure.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the external frame comprises two or more planar trusses adjacent one another, wherein each of the two or more adjacent planar trusses comprise two or more adjacent planar truss units that lie in substantially the same plane.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2024
From: 4WEB, INC.
To: 4WEB, LLC
Reel/Frame 067024/0252 →
PARTIAL RELEASE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2024
From: SWK FUNDING LLC
To: 4WEB, INC.
Reel/Frame 066873/0807 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2024
From: HUNT, JESSEE
To: 4-WEB SPINE, INC.
Reel/Frame 066705/0301 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 8, 2024
From: 4-WEB SPINE, INC.
To: 4-WEB, INC.
Reel/Frame 066766/0419 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation 16657268 · Oct 18, 2019
Continuation 15721940 · Oct 1, 2017
Continuation 14743555 · Jun 18, 2015
Continuation 12960092 · Dec 3, 2010
Continuation 12640825 · Dec 17, 2009
Provisional Application 61138707 · Dec 18, 2008
Related Publication 20230201002A1 · Jun 29, 2023
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