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.

Medical devices, such as implants, and corresponding methods of manufacturing using an additive manufacturing technique, wherein the finished medical devices include a build plate retained therein, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the medical device includes a build plate having a plurality of peaks and a plurality of indentations, the plurality of peaks and the plurality of indentations together defining a surface roughness of an exterior surface of the build plate. The medical device may further include a first layer formed atop the exterior surface of the build plate, the first layer comprising a plurality of powder structures disposed over the plurality of peaks and the plurality of indentations. In some embodiments, an average peak distance between adjacent peaks of the plurality of peaks is less than an average width dimension of at least a portion of the plurality of powder structures.

Acetabular implant and method for its manufacture, wherein the implant has a bone side with a contact surface to be fixed against the bone of the hip socket. A plastically deformable zone with an open porous structure connects to the contact surface, the zone being formed by a three-dimensional structure composed of strut elements with opposite ends, wherein these strut elements are connected at their ends in nodes. The zone is made of a material having an elongation at break of at least 15%.

A method of forming an implant to be implanted into living bone is disclosed. The method includes the act of roughening at least a portion of the implant surface to produce a microscale roughened surface. The method further includes forming a nanoscale roughened surface on the microscale roughened surface. The method further includes the act of depositing discrete nanoparticles on the nanoscale roughened surface though a one-step process of exposing the roughened surface to a solution including the nanoparticles. The nanoparticles have a material having a property that promotes osseointegration.

A joint prosthesis system is suitable for cementless fixation. The system includes a metal implant component that has a mounting surface for supporting an insert. The metal implant component includes a solid metal portion and a porous metal portion. The porous metal portion has surfaces with different characteristics, such as roughness, to improve bone fixation, ease removal of the implant component in a revision surgery, reduce soft tissue irritation, improve the strength of a sintered bond between the solid and porous metal portions, or reduce or eliminate the possibility of blood traveling through the porous metal portion into the joint space. A method of making the joint prosthesis is also disclosed. The invention may also be applied to discrete porous metal implant components, such as augment.

An orthopaedic prosthetic component includes a manufactured acetabular shell component having an outer wall and an additively manufactured augment coupled to the outer wall. The augment includes an outer surface that defines a customized patient-specific negative contour shaped to conform to a positive contour of a patient's bone. A method for manufacturing the prosthetic component is also disclosed.

The variable or adjustable depth medical implants disclosed herein are cable of depth adjustment prior to implantation. The variable depth implants permit a single implant to provide multiple footprint configurations, allowing a surgeon adjustability in the operating room. The implants can comprise a metallic lattice designed for specific physical properties, such as an elastic modulus. In some examples, the main body of the implant is taller than the adjustable portion of the implant so that the physical properties of the main body of the implant are controlling at the implant site. In some embodiments, the variable implant is constructed in an additive process as a single unit.

Disclosed herein is, in some embodiments, a multi-segment bone anchor configured to allow variable bone ingrowth or attachment between each segment. In some versions, a lower segment is configured to allow bone ingrowth and a detachable upper segment is configured to prevent bone ingrowth, making the bulk of the bone anchor removable.

A dynamic intervertebral spacer includes a ring which is split on an anterior portion. A posterior portion of the ring acts as a torsion spring. After implantation, the ring is able to act as a spring between superior and inferior vertebral bodies, thus allowing dynamic bone growth in fusion procedures.

An interbody spacer for spinal fusion surgery includes first and second opposite side walls that have open-cell metal foam at upper and lower faces, and a three-dimensional lattice disposed between open-cell metal foam at the upper and lower faces. The open-cell metal foam is in communication with the three-dimensional lattice so that bone growth can enter the three-dimensional lattice from the open-cell metal foam. The interbody spacer may be formed by additive manufacturing.

The present disclosure discloses a shoulder joint prosthesis containing zirconium-niobium alloy on oxidation layer and a preparation method thereof, the preparation method comprises: using zirconium-niobium alloy powder as a raw material, conducting a 3D printing for one-piece molding to obtain an intermediate products of the humeral handle with articular surface and the scapular glenoid plate, and performing Sinter-HIP, cryogenic cooling and surface oxidation to obtain humeral handle with articular surface and scapular glenoid plate. The prosthesis comprises a humeral handle, an articular surface, a humeral head and a scapular glenoid plate, a bone trabeculae is arranged on the outer surface of the upper part of the humeral handle, the upper surface of the scapular glenoid plate and the outer surface of the circular pipe with internal thread.