US 12,029,653 B1
Medical implant having a textured tissue contact surface
Scott McLean, Sandy Hook, CT (US); Haibo Fan, Woodbridge, CT (US); Peter Barreiro, Trumbull, CT (US); and Daniel Vigliotti, Guilford, CT (US)
Assigned to Spine Wave, Inc., Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by SPINE WAVE, INC., Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/209,628.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61L 27/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/30767 (2013.01) [A61C 8/0012 (2013.01); A61L 27/06 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical implant comprising a textured tissue contact surface, said textured tissue contact surface comprising:
a roughened surface on said tissue contact surface that includes a plurality of macroscale and microscale projections and recesses; and
a plurality of nanostructures on said projections and within said recesses, said nanostructures comprising a plurality of elongated waves, each wave having a crest and a trough, said crests extending along rows of elongated waves that are laterally spaced from each other.