Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,685,987 · App. 10/062,731
Enhanced fatigue strength orthopaedic implant with porous coating and method of making same
Inventor:
H. Ravindranath Shetty
Patented Case
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Granted: Feb 3, 2004
Filed: Jan 30, 2002
Inventor
H. Ravindranath Shetty
Assignee (at issue)
Zimmer Technology, Inc.
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