A method for producing a hollow, helical, electrically conducting body. The method comprising: producing a helical core made of a core material that can be at least one of liquefied and evaporated under the action of heat; coating the helical core with a first powder layer of an at least partially electrically conducting powder using a powder coating method; heating the helical core and the first powder layer to a first temperature, at which the helical core is at least one of liquefied and evaporated and at which the first powder layer is at least partially solidified in porous form, the core material exiting space surrounded by the first powder layer; and after the core material has exited the space surrounded by the first powder layer, sintering the first powder layer by heating the first powder layer to a second temperature, which is higher than the first temperature.

A conductive coil fabricated by an additive manufacturing process. The coil is printed as a plurality of partially complete rounds, each printed as at least a portion of a respective layer of material. Pillars interconnecting successive ones of the partially complete rounds in different ones of the respective layers of material are also printed and may be staggered across a circumference of the partially complete rounds. Scaffolding elements such as a supporting material matrix and/or a core internal to the partially complete rounds of the coil may be printed as part of each respective layer of material concurrently with printing the plurality of partially complete rounds.

There is provided a chain apparatus made at least in part by additive manufacturing. The apparatus includes a pair of spaced-apart annular members. The apparatus includes an elongate member coupled to and extending between the annular members. At least one of the members comprises one or more self-draining internal chambers to allow for removal of residual material therefrom.

A method of heat-treating an additively-manufactured ferromagnetic component is presented and a related ferromagnetic component is presented. A saturation flux density of a heat-treated ferromagnetic component is greater than a saturation flux density of an as-formed ferromagnetic component. The heat-treated ferromagnetic component is further characterized by a plurality of grains such that at least 25% of the plurality of grains have a median grain size less than 10 microns and 25% of the plurality of grains have a median grain size greater than 25 microns.

A soft magnetic powder according to the present disclosure comprises a particle which comprises a plurality of nanosized crystallites and an amorphous phase existing around the crystallites, wherein the crystallites have an average grain diameter of 30 nm or less, and the amorphous phase has an average thickness of 30 nm or less; and wherein when a minor axis of a cross section of the particle is determined as r, an average Fe concentration in the amorphous phase is lower than an average Fe concentration in the crystallites in a region where a depth from a surface of the particle is 0.2 r or more and 0.4 r or less.

A bone fastener includes a screw shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion. The proximal portion is formed by a first manufacturing method and defines a distal face. The distal portion is formed onto the distal face by a second manufacturing method. In some embodiments, systems, spinal constructs, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.

The invention relates to a joint implant for new tissue formation at a joint, wherein the joint implant (1) comprises a rod-shaped body with a base area (11), a cover area (12) and a sleeve area (13), wherein at least the cover area (12), in particular the entire rod-shaped body, of the joint implant (1) has a hydrophobic surface for facilitating chondrocyte differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells, and a thread structure (15) is at least partially formed on the sleeve area (13) of the joint implant (1).

A material for porous metal body having a coil shape of a wire material wound in a helical shape, made of metal which having good thermal conductivity and can join by sintering; an average wire diameter Dw of the wire material is 0.05 mm to 2.00 mm inclusive, an average coil outer diameter Dc is 0.5 mm to 10.0 mm inclusive, a coil length L of 1 mm to 20 mm inclusive, and a winding number N is 1 to 10; and the plurality of materials for porous metal body are combined and sintered to form a metal porous body having a plurality of pores so that a pore ratio of the metal porous body is facilitated to be controlled.

A material for porous metal body having a coil shape of a wire material wound in a helical shape, made of metal which having good thermal conductivity and can join by sintering; an average wire diameter Dw of the wire material is 0.05 mm to 2.00 mm inclusive, an average coil outer diameter Dc is 0.5 mm to 10.0 mm inclusive, a coil length L of 1 mm to 20 mm inclusive, and a winding number N is 1 to 10; and the plurality of materials for porous metal body are combined and sintered to form a metal porous body having a plurality of pores so that a pore ratio of the metal porous body is facilitated to be controlled.

A build plate system includes a body defining at least one cavity. An insert is sized and shaped to fit within the at least one cavity such that the at least one cavity orients the insert for forming at least a portion of a screw shaft thereon by a manufacturing method using an additive manufacturing apparatus. In some embodiments, systems, spinal constructs, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.