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High-strength porous prosthetic device and process for making the same

US4156943A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 24, 1977
Grant dateJun 5, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 24, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F2310/00395
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A prosthetic device composed of a porous material that is non-corrodable and non-biodegradable by body fluids. The device has interstitial interconnecting pores in the size range between about 100 and 500 micrometers and a compression strength greater than 20,000 psi.

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