US 12,144,737 B2
Implant device(s) including tapered protrusions and method(s) for inserting the same into bone
Thomas D. Ferro, Arroyo Grande, CA (US); Joseph R. Phillips, Arroyo Grande, CA (US); and Austin T. Ferro, Arroyo Grande, CA (US)
Assigned to AOD Holdings, LLC, Arroyo Grande, CA (US)
Filed by AOD Holdings, LLC, Arroyo Grande, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/085,125.
Application 17/085,125 is a continuation of application No. 15/498,896, filed on Apr. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,856,992.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/328,440, filed on Apr. 27, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0045884 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/02 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/36 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61F 2/46 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/3859 (2013.01) [A61F 2/30771 (2013.01); A61F 2/3662 (2013.01); A61F 2/389 (2013.01); A61F 2/461 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30841 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30845 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30878 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3093 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3895 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4628 (2013.01); A61F 2002/4681 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant device comprising:
a base having a surface that mates with bone; and
a plurality of tapered protrusions positioned on the base and extending from the surface of the base that mates with bone, wherein the plurality of tapered protrusions are porous structures to increase area for bone growth,
wherein the plurality of tapered protrusions have respective bottom portions contacting the base and respective top portions opposite the bottom portions, wherein the respective bottom portions include approximately parallel side walls and the respective top portions have side walls that slant inward and connect at a tapered tip,
wherein the plurality of tapered protrusions have a first end and a second end contacting the base and connected to the parallel side walls of the respective bottom portions as well as connected to the side walls of the respective top portions, and the first end and the second end slant inward from the base toward the tapered tip,
wherein one of the first end and the second end is an anterior facing end and the other of the first end and the second end is a posterior facing end.