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Metal bone implant

US4752295A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 28, 1986
Grant dateJun 21, 1988
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Expiry dateJan 28, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49861
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The metal bone implant is constructed with thin sheets of superplastic material which are deformed into irregular contours. The sheets are welded to the solid base element of the implant and thereafter deformed outwardly under fluid pressure to an irregular shape.

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