DISPOSITIVO DE IMPLANTE ORTOPEDICO

• Main Authors: DEVANATHAN, THIRUMALAI N.C, CHU, HELEN, PARR,JACK ELDON, CROWNINSHIELD, ROY DOUGLAS
• Format: Patent
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 16.04.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

SE DESCRIBE UN IMPLANTE ORTOPEDICO QUE ESTA FORMADO POR, O DEFINIDO POR, UNA COMBINACION DE DIFERENTES MATERIALES. ESTOS DISPOSITIVOS INCLUYEN UN CUERPO DE COMPONENTE METALICO Y UNA SUPERFICIE DE METAL POROSO (16) PARA ESTAR EN CONTACTO INTIMO CON EL HUESO Y UN POLIMERO EN FORMA DE UNA CARCASA (24) QUE INCLUYE CARACTERISTICAS ADHESIVAS PARA SU SUJECCION AL CUERPO DE COMPONENTE METALICO Y A LA CAPA DE METAL POROSO (16). LA CARCASA POLIMERA ES DE POLIARILETERQUETONA. An orthopaedic implant device is formed from, or defined by, a combination of different materials. These devices include a body metal component and a porous metal surface layer (16) for intimate contact with bone and a polymer in the form of a casing (24) that includes adhesive characteristics for attachment to the body metal component and the porous metal layer (16). The preferred polymer casing is polyaryletherketone.