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Method of making a metal bone implant

US4800639A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Filing dateJun 12, 1987
Grant dateJan 31, 1989
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Expiry dateJun 12, 2007

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 presure to an irregular shape.

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