US 11,865,004 B2
Implant with hole having porous structure for soft tissue fixation
Kevin Froster, Marlboro, NJ (US); Mark Gruczynski, Kinnelon, NJ (US); Amber Fox, Wharton, NJ (US); and Joseph Peter Nessler, Saint Cloud, MN (US)
Assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed by Howmedica Osteonics Corp., Mahwah, NJ (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/889,797.
Application 16/838,302 is a division of application No. 15/995,394, filed on Jun. 1, 2018, granted, now 10,646,345, issued on May 12, 2020.
Application 17/889,797 is a continuation of application No. 16/838,302, filed on Apr. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,446,147.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/514,318, filed on Jun. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0037304 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61B 17/68 (2006.01); A61F 2/40 (2006.01); A61F 2/36 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/84 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61F 2/2846 (2013.01) [A61B 17/0401 (2013.01); A61B 17/06166 (2013.01); A61B 17/68 (2013.01); A61B 17/866 (2013.01); A61F 2/367 (2013.01); A61F 2/389 (2013.01); A61F 2/4059 (2013.01); A61B 17/842 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00955 (2013.01); A61B 2017/042 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0414 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0446 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0453 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0619 (2013.01); A61B 2017/8655 (2013.01); A61B 2090/034 (2016.02); A61F 2002/285 (2013.01); A61F 2002/2892 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30065 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30405 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30448 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30807 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4062 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of attaching a liquefiable material to an implant comprising the steps of:
positioning the liquefiable material in a chamber through an opening of the chamber, the chamber being disposed in a cavity of the implant and defined by a first non-porous layer with a second porous layer disposed within the chamber; and
securing the liquefiable material to the implant by allowing the liquefiable material to interdigitate with the second layer in a liquid state and then solidify to prevent pullout of the liquefiable material from the implant.