The invention makes available a multi-part implant (10), comprising: a support element (20) for fixing the implant (10) to a bone material; wherein the support element (20) forms a receiving space; and a functional element (30) that can be introduced into the receiving space; wherein the functional element (30) can be fixed in the receiving space (26) by the support element (20) at least with respect to one degree of freedom.

The invention relates to magnesium reinforcements and magnesium-reinforced barrier membranes for use in biomedical applications, such as dental, craniofacial and orthopedic applications. The magnesium reinforcements and barrier membranes are composed of a biodegradable, magnesium/polymer composite. They can be used in a wide variety of applications, such as, but not limited to, vertical and horizontal ridge augmentation, guided bone/tissue regeneration, periodontal bone regeneration, fracture fixation and orthopedic and spinal bone grafting applications; as well as in general surgery (hernia repair) and urogynecological surgery.

The invention relates to a method for producing an implant, wherein particles of the group of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and/or high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and/or polypropylene (PP) are fused together layer by layer by means of a selective laser sintering method. The invention also relates to an implant produced according to said method.

Methods and devices for subperiosteal minimally invasive aesthetic ridge augmentation and reconstruction, including of the mandible and maxilla. Implementation of procedures that manipulate the tissue to accept an implantable article are carried out. The reconstruction or augmentation involves selecting a surgical site at which an implantable article is to be installed, making one or more incisions in the tissue remote from the selected site, developing a tunnel leading to the site, forming a pouch under the periosteum at the site, and positioning an implantable article, such as a bone graft, in the pouch using the tunnel as the passageway. Implementations may include forming a customized bone graft to address a specific defect, and providing specially configured instruments for use in carrying out the method.

A customized resorbable three-dimensional scaffold for oral and maxillofacial bone grafting involves merging two sets of three-dimensional information obtained from a patient, the first set includes three-dimensional bone information and the second set includes three-dimensional teeth and tissue information. The merged information is used to generate a three-dimensional shape of the bone to be regenerated, a three-dimensional position of the missing tooth/teeth, and a three-dimensional model of the customized resorbable three-dimensional scaffold for oral and maxillofacial bone grafting. The three-dimensional model is used to generate the customized resorbable three-dimensional scaffold and resorbable connectors for the customized resorbable three-dimensional scaffold.

A maxillofacial orthognathic fixation implant assembly and its method of production and use, the implant being an assembly of an upper anchor implant member, a lower anchor implant member and at least one bridging implant member, the anchor implant members being adapted to be securely mounted to a maxilla and the at least one bridging implant member being adapted to connect the upper anchor implant member to the lower anchor implant member in a fixed and rigid manner. With the anchor implant members affixed to the maxilla and the maxilla surgically separated between the upper and lower anchor implant members to create a lower portion detached an upper portion, the at least one bridging implant member is connected between the upper and lower anchor implant members to secure and maintain the lower portion of the maxilla in a desired post-operative position relative to the upper portion of the maxilla.

A method of designing a craniomaxillofacial implant that is a rigid plate of substantially uniform thickness, including: positioning a surface element of the plate as a departure from a reference location within a base outline, the departure being represented by a fraction of the length of a normal path projected from the reference location to a predetermined soft tissue layer at a supported location within an anatomic region of interest, and the fraction being based upon a required patient-specific support at the supported location.

A bone implant including a wire mesh support frame (120A) having a plurality of interconnected wire members and at least two fastening points in the form of retention eyelets (140A) connected to the support frame by deformable retention arms (138A), and a biocompatible plate (112) formed about the support frame, the plate having at least two open cavities (116) therein, wherein each of the retention arms extends out of the plate from or into one of the open cavities. A method for correcting a bone defect in a patient, a mesh support frame for use in a bone implant, and a method of fabricating a bone implant are also provided.

A membrane having at least one strip of a shape memory material and the at least one strip is sandwiched between a first layer and a second layer. A method for guiding bone regeneration which excludes the use of a tenting screw is also disclosed. The membrane may be useful for gradual displacing of the soft tissue covering bones. The gap developing between the bone and the displaced soft tissue may be filled with regenerated bone. The membrane allows the regenerated bone to form while the soft tissue heals. The membrane and method may be useful in dentistry for treating vertical bone defects. The membrane and method may also be useful for regenerating soft tissue between the bone and the displaced soft tissue.

A method for producing a bone replacement, a cavity or a bone being detected in a fully automated manner and the bone replacement being produced based on the detection also in a fully automated manner. It is also possible to produce information in relation to medical instruments or navigation information in a fully automated manner.