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Acetabular implant and method for deforming this implant

US12144736B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

Common Sense Engineering and Consult B.V. · BE
UMC Utrecht Holding B.V. · NL

Inventors

Hermannus Hendricus Weinans · Utrecht, NL
Peter Mercelis · Heverlee, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 12, 2021
Grant date	Nov 19, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61F2310/00131
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Acetabular implant and method for its manufacture, wherein the implant has a bone side with a contact surface to be fixed against the bone of the hip socket. A plastically deformable zone with an open porous structure connects to the contact surface, the zone being formed by a three-dimensional structure composed of strut elements with opposite ends, wherein these strut elements are connected at their ends in nodes. The zone is made of a material having an elongation at break of at least 15%.

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