Provided herein are biomimetic osteochondral implants that are generally useful for the at least partial resurfacing of damaged cartilage within a joint. The implants are constructed to have a modular, layered structure in which the physical properties (e.g., stiffness and lubricity) or dimensions of each layer can be adjusted (e.g., by using the appropriate material and controlling the thickness thereof) based on the anatomy to be replaced. For example, the material and or thicknesses of the layers can be selected to approximate the physical properties and/or dimensions of cartilage (and, optionally, chondral and subchondral bone). Also provided herein are methods of treatment involving the use of said biomimetic osteochondral implants to repair an osteochondral defect in a joint.

The present disclosure provides a bone-implantable device and methods of use. The bone-implantable device comprises a body having an exterior surface, wherein a portion of the exterior surface includes a cured osteostimulative material comprising MgO.

Artificial meniscal scaffolds characterized by a composite of circumferential polymer fiber network and orthogonal polymer fiber network embedded in an arcuate bioresorbable matrix comprised of collagen and hyaluronic acid. The orthogonal polymer fiber network prevents separation of the circumferential polymer fiber networks. The polymer fiber networks convert axial compressive forces on the scaffolds to tensile loads on the circumferential polymer fibers. The composite scaffold can be anchored to bone by novel anchoring components that protect the polymer fibers and ensure immediate securement of the artificial meniscal scaffold to bone.

A biocompatible structure includes a scaffold obtained from a 3D structure. The 3D structure includes base layered structures, each of which includes at least a first layer and a second layer surrounded by the first layer. The first layer includes at least one of first, second and third media. The second layer includes at least another of the first, second and third media. The first medium comprises bone particles. The second medium comprises a polymer dissolvable in a first solvent. The third medium comprises solid particulates dissolvable in a second solvent different than the first solvent. The 3D structure is treated with the second solvent to dissolve the solid particulates so as to form pores at positions of the solid particulates therein, thereby resulting in the scaffold having a porosity adjustable by sizes of the solid particulates and concentration of the solid particulates in the 3D structure.

The present invention provides cervical implant (30) comprising an upper surface (38), a lower surface (40), a posterior portion (34) and an anterior portion (36) and including a perimeter (42) and one or more apertures (44,46) within said anterior portion for receiving securing means, said apertures having respective longitudinal axes M1, M2, characterised in that said axes extend in a direction substantially through said anterior portion (36) and converge at a point in a plane outside of said perimeter (42).

The present disclosure relates to an orthopedic implant, wherein the implant is a 3D printed part and comprises at least one first portion and at least one second portion, the first portion forming a support structure and the second portion being at least partially made of a biodegradable material.

The present disclosure further relates to a method of manufacturing an orthopedic implant.

Spinal implants that are configured for a minimally invasive approach to a patient's intervertebral disc space, optimized to avoid blood vessels and nervous tissue, maximizing endplate coverage and promoting sagittal balance, are provided. Insertion and fixation can be accomplished through a narrow access window, thereby allowing better access to more spinal levels while being less invasive than other approaches. The spinal implants may facilitate fusion, and include visualization features to assist in the implantation and verify proper placement and vary segmental angle of lordosis. Methods of implanting the spinal implants to treat a patient's spine are also disclosed.

The invention relates to a bone implant (1) for correcting an incorrect position of a bone, the bone implant (1) having a first portion (2) for attachment to a first bone portion (3) and a second portion (4) for attachment to a second bone portion (5), the bone implant (1) being prepared so that, when fixed to the bone, it orients the first bone portion (3) and the second bone portion (5) with respect to one another and keeps said portions at a distance from one another, the bone implant (1) having such a geometry and being adapted so as to force a predetermined orientation of the second bone portion (5) relative to the first bone portion (3). The invention also relates to a method for producing such a bone implant (1).

A medical implant for treating bone defects. The implant has at least one hollow body delimiting an inner chamber in the interior of the hollow body, a fluid feed line connected in a fluid-permeable manner with the inner chamber, and a fluid discharge line connected in a fluid-permeable manner with the inner chamber. The hollow body consists at least in places or wholly of at least one plastic material that is impermeable to liquids and permeable to oxygen and to carbon dioxide, such that oxygen is deliverable from a fluid passed through the hollow body to, and carbon dioxide is absorbable into the fluid from, the surroundings of the hollow body. Also disclosed is a bone defect treatment system having such a medical implant and the fluid, wherein the fluid contains oxygen and is suitable for absorbing oxygen, and to a method for gas-flushing a surface of a medical implant.

The present disclosure describes an intervertebral disk replacement system. The system can include a tissue-engineered intervertebral disc that is combined with a bioresorbable stabilization system for structural guidance. The system can prevent or reduce intervertebral disk implant displacement and can increase the stiffness when compared to the implantation of the intervertebral disk implant without the stabilization system.