The disclosure relates to a system comprising a foam structure and a surgical fixation device for attaching the foam structure to bone, the foam structure comprising: a porous body made of at least one biocompatible implant material, wherein the porous body is coated with a coating, which is capable of stimulating bone ingrowth.

A filament or printing material placed in a syringe for 3D printing comprising polymers, proteins, and/or functional particles and materials is provided. Methods of treating a bone defect in a subject in need thereof comprising using a handheld 3D printer to apply a filament or the printing material placed in a syringe to the bone defect of the subject are also provided. Methods of fixing or gluing natural or synthetic bone grafts using a handheld 3D printer to apply a filament or the printing material placed in a syringe over and around the defect or at the interface of a flap and the bone. Methods of printing a graft cage for retaining bone grafts and/or bone graft substitiute in its desired location during healing for treatment of critical-sized segmental defects in long bones are provided.

There is provided herein a bone anchored implant that is used to support a nasal prosthesis in patients with a missing external nose. The implant consists of central section (which is preferably generally triangular) suspended within the aperture of the nasal cavity by four fixation arms which extend radially to engage the surrounding maxillary bone. The triangular portion may support three fixation points, one at each corner of the triangular portion, which in turn, directly engage the nasal prosthesis either via magnets or mechanical locking interface. Extending radially from the triangular section, the four fixation arms may flatten to a clover leaf arrangement of three apertures which accommodate micro-screws that secure the implant to the surrounding maxillary bone.

The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacture of a dental implant for a molar, including acquiring, structural data corresponding to bones of the facial skeleton, the bones of the facial skeleton being proximate the molar, selecting, as a dental implant fixation surface, a surface of the bones based upon a determined thickness of the bones, generating, based on the selected dental implant fixation surface, a contoured surface of the dental implant, and fabricating, based upon an instruction transmitted by processing circuitry, a bone plate extending from a buccal end of a cylindrical plate of the dental implant, the cylindrical plate having support lattices extending therefrom, at least one support lattice of the support lattices being arranged on a lingual end of the cylindrical plate, the cylindrical plate having an opening in a central region thereof, the opening being configured to receive a dental post.

A cranial plug includes a cranial plug housing having a window recess with an access hole. A window is shaped and dimensioned for positioning with the window recess of the cranial plug housing.

A method of replacing a portion of a cranium with a hard tissue implant can include resecting a first portion of the cranium to define a first margin region. The first portion of the cranium can be analyzed to determine if the first margin region is free of cancerous cells. A second portion of the cranium can be resected to define a second margin region that is larger than the first margin region when the first margin region is not free of cancerous cells. An outer implant can be secured to the cranium at the second margin region. An inner implant can be secured to the outer implant.

Provided is an implant, including a chamber having an interior radius wherein the interior radius has a flange, a cover slip, a cup, a setting member, a securing member, a resistance member, and an opposing member, wherein the cover slip, cup, resisting member, and setting member are attached to one another, the setting member sets on a flange and the securing member secures the setting member to the flange, the resistance member includes a flexibility and a longitudinal axis with a length wherein the flexibility permits modification of the length, and the opposing member sets a minimum length of the longitudinal axis. Also provided is a method of using said implant including affixing the chamber to a skull of a mammal.

The invention relates to an implant (1) for introducing into a patient, having an implant body that is at least partially resorbable and is porous at least in some regions and that is made of a ceramic carrier material (2), the carrier material being provided with a donor material (3) that delivers ions to influence the patient's cellular metabolism in the implanted state, the carrier material (2) being interspersed with the donor material (3). The invention also relates to a method for producing an implant (1) of said type.

A cranial prosthetic comprises a perforated plate, wherein the perforations comprise a plurality of holes substantially equidistant from a central point. One such cranial prosthetic comprises a curved perforated plate, wherein the perforations comprise four holes substantially equidistant from a central point. In an example, the perforated plate also comprises an additional hole at the central point, detachable screw/suture fixing tabs for attaching the cranial prosthetic to the cranium via screws/sutures, detachable securing means consisting of flaps that secure the electrode when closed, and indentations in the form of channels suitable for recessing extension leads with at least one exit point, which connect individual electrodes to the main lead. Removable protective caps may be placed over the detachable securing means when closed.

A method for performing a cranioplasty includes the steps of prefabricating a sonolucent craniofacial implant based upon information generated by preoperative scans, creating a cranial, craniofacial, and/or facial defect, and attaching the craniofacial implant to the cranial, craniofacial, and/or facial defect. The craniofacial implant is composed of a material that is sonolucent and exhibits attenuation of less than 6 dB/cm.