US 12,102,536 B2
Porous implant structures
Jeffrey Sharp, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Shilesh Jani, Memphis, TN (US); Laura Gilmour, Alameda, CA (US); and Ryan Landon, Southaven, MS (US)
Assigned to Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/370,685.
Application 17/158,397 is a division of application No. 15/603,936, filed on May 24, 2017, granted, now 10,945,847, issued on Mar. 16, 2021.
Application 15/603,936 is a division of application No. 13/391,126, granted, now 9,668,863, issued on Jun. 6, 2017, previously published as PCT/US2010/046032, filed on Aug. 19, 2010.
Application 18/370,685 is a continuation of application No. 17/988,003, filed on Nov. 16, 2022, granted, now 11,793,645.
Application 17/988,003 is a continuation of application No. 17/158,397, filed on Jan. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,529,235, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/235,269, filed on Aug. 19, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2024/0008989 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 70/00 (2020.01); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61L 24/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/28 (2013.01) [A61L 27/56 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/00 (2014.12); B33Y 70/10 (2020.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); A61F 2002/3028 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30593 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30914 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3092 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30962 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0063 (2013.01); A61L 24/0036 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A porous structure comprising:
a plurality of struts, each strut comprising an elongated body portion between a first end and a second end, and
a plurality of nodes, wherein each node comprises an intersection of an end of a first strut and a body portion of a second strut;
wherein no more than two of the struts intersect at each node; and
wherein configurations of the struts vary randomly from strut to strut.