Hard-tissue implants are provided that include a bulk implant, a face, pillars, slots, and at least one support member. The pillars are for contacting a hard tissue. The slots are to be occupied by the hard tissue. The at least one support member is for contacting the hard tissue. The hard-tissue implant has a Young's modulus of elasticity of at least 3 GPa, and has a ratio of the sum of (i) the volumes of the slots to (ii) the sum of the volumes of the pillars and the volumes of the slots of 0.40:1 to 0.90:1. Methods of making and using hard-tissue implants are also provided.

A total hip surface replacement implant, comprising a femur component and an acetabular cup component, wherein the femur component is in a half-spherical shell shape and is formed by polyether ether ketone (PEEK) or derivatives thereof; the shape of the acetabular cup component matches that of the femur component, and the acetabular cup component is tightly attached to an outer surface of the half-spherical shell of the femur component; the acetabular cup component is formed by ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene; or the femur component can be formed by ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene, and meanwhile the acetabular cup component is formed by polyether ether ketone (PEEK) or derivatives thereof. The total hip surface replacement implant employs friction combination between organic polymers so as to reduce material toxicity against a living body; the rigidity of the organic polymers more matches that of a natural bone of a human body, thereby reducing implant wearing in a usage process; and by means of an optimization design of a positioning column on a femur condyle, the clinic problems of early neck-of-femur fracture and medium-and-long term bone resorption are avoided.

In one example, a method for providing therapy to a patient includes inserting a medical implant into the patient, where the medical implant comprises a titanium substrate metallurgically bonded to a dynamic porous material comprising a shape memory alloy. The dynamic porous material conforms to an adjacent bone to create an interference fit between the medical implant and the adjacent bone.

Methods, system, devices, processes and techniques are disclosed for manufacturing orthopedic implants utilizing blanks and/or fixtures.

Implants include one or more pieces that are designed to replace joint motion from the implant-bone interface to an interface within the implant. Because the motion occurs within the implant instead of at the implant-bone interface, the implants relieve pain, reduce fibrous tissue formation, and alleviate pscudoarthrosis. Implants can have tailored stiffnesses by modifying the geometry of the contact surfaces within the implant and or by modifying flexures of the implant. Primary fixation of the implant to the bone using screws, blades, or other fixation devices decreases motion at the bone-implant interface. The flexibility of the implant itself decreases motion between the bone and the implant at the bone-implant interface. Additionally, porous and/or roughened surfaces and/or volumes of the implant facilitate boney attachment of the bone to the implant, further reducing the likelihood of movement at the bone-implant interface.

Expandable fusion devices, systems, and methods thereof. The expandable implant may include first and second lateral legs and link plates pivotably joined between them. The lateral legs may include upper and lower endplates configured to engage adjacent vertebrae, an actuator assembly including a rotatable actuator having a shaft and a rotatable nut, and driving ramps positioned along the shaft of the actuator. The actuator assembly may cause independent movement of one or more of the driving ramps, thereby causing an expansion in height of the upper and lower endplates of the lateral legs and passive expansion of the connected link plates.

Sleeve for a prosthetic implant implantable in bone, for example a femur, and related prosthetic assembly including at least a stem, intermediate neck component and sleeve.

Implants and devices for maintaining, correcting and/or fusing joint deformities are disclosed. The implant includes a first member, a second member, and an insert with a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface of the insert couples to the first member and the bottom surface of the insert engages the second member. The top surface includes an anterior articulating surface with an anterior-medial sagittal radius and an anterior-lateral sagittal radius that is greater than the anterior-medial sagittal radius and a posterior articulating surface with a posterior-lateral sagittal radius and a posterior-medial sagittal radius that is greater than the posterior-lateral sagittal radius.

A method for dispensing a bone reinforcement composition into an intervertebral spacer and at least one adjacent vertebra can help retain the implant in situ. A cannula guide is inserted into a first vertebra guided by a live imaging system. A curved directional composition delivery cannula is inserted through a tubular body of the guide; then positioning the delivery cannula along a desired path, positioning an end using a curved end as a steering mechanism. The delivery cannula passes through a first vertebra, into the intervertebral spacer, and optionally into a second vertebra. A volume of reinforcement composition is dispensed using cyclical steps of incrementally withdrawing the delivery cannula and dispensing of the reinforcement composition until the path is filled with reinforcement composition stabilizing the respective vertebrae and/or interbody devices relative to each other. In an alternate arrangement, the cannula is inserted through a guide integrated into the spacer.

A knee prosthesis (e.g., a tibial implant or component) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the tibial implant includes a load bearing component (e.g., a tibial tray) and a support member arranged and configured to be at least partially positioned within an intramedullary canal of a patient's bone. In some embodiments, the tibial implant may also include one or more pegs positioned anteriorly on a bottom surface of the tray and one or more bridges for coupling the pegs to the support member so that loads received by the pegs are transferred to the support member via the bridge. In addition, and/or alternatively, the tibial implant may include one or more chamfers or loading zones for elongating the transition area between the support member and the bottom surface of the tibial tray to extend the area over which the load is transferred.