Spinal implant and method of manufacture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10966767-B2
Application number	US-201916407887-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2019
Priority date	Aug 1, 2017
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A spinal implant comprising:
a first portion formed by a first manufacturing method; and
a second portion formed onto the first portion, the second portion being formed by a second manufacturing method, the second manufacturing method being different than the first manufacturing method; and
wherein the first portion is formed by the first manufacturing method to include a first thread form configuration and the second portion is formed by the second manufacturing method to include a second thread form configuration.

2. The spinal implant recited in claim 1 , wherein the first manufacturing method includes a subtractive manufacturing method.

3. The spinal implant recited in claim 1 , wherein the first manufacturing method includes a deformative manufacturing method.

4. The spinal implant recited in claim 1 , wherein the first manufacturing method includes a transformative manufacturing method.

5. The spinal implant recited in claim 1 , wherein the second manufacturing method includes an additive manufacturing method.

6. The spinal implant recited in claim 1 , wherein the second manufacturing method includes selective laser melting with a powder bed process to fabricate the second portion onto the first portion.

7. The spinal implant recited in claim 1 , wherein the first portion is connectable with a part of an additive manufacturing apparatus to form the second portion onto the first portion by the second manufacturing method.

8. The spinal implant recited in claim 1 , wherein the first portion defines a face, the second portion being formed onto the face.

9. The spinal implant recited in claim 8 , wherein the face comprises a fabrication platform such that the second portion is fused with the first portion by the second manufacturing method.

10. The spinal implant recited in claim 8 , wherein the face includes a planar configuration.

11. The spinal implant recited in claim 8 , wherein the face includes an angled configuration.

12. The spinal implant recited in claim 1 , wherein the second portion is fabricated via the second manufacturing method to include cannulation.

13. The spinal implant recited in claim 1 , wherein the second portion is fabricated via the second manufacturing method to include a plurality of fenestrations.

14. The spinal implant recited in claim 1 , wherein the first portion is formed by the first manufacturing method to include a first thread form configuration and the second portion is formed by the second manufacturing method to include a second thread form configuration, the second thread form configuration being different from the first thread form configuration.

15. A spinal implant comprising:
a shaft including a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being fused to the first portion,
wherein the first portion is formed by a first manufacturing method, and
wherein the second portion is formed onto the first portion by a second manufacturing method, the second manufacturing method being different than the first manufacturing method; and
wherein the first portion is formed by the first manufacturing method to include a first porosity and the second portion is formed by the second manufacturing method to include a second porosity, the second porosity being different than the first porosity.

16. The spinal implant recited in claim 15 , wherein the first portion is coaxial with the second portion.

17. The spinal implant recited in claim 15 , wherein the first portion is formed by the first manufacturing method to include a first porosity and the second portion is formed by the second manufacturing method to include a second porosity, the second porosity being different than the first porosity.

18. The spinal implant recited in claim 15 , wherein the first portion is formed by the first manufacturing method to include a first thread form configuration and the second portion is formed by the second manufacturing method to include a second thread form configuration.

19. The spinal implant recited in claim 18 , wherein the first thread form configuration is spaced apart from the second thread form configuration.

20. A spinal implant comprising:
a shaft including a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being fused to the first portion such that the second portion is coaxial with the first portion,
wherein the first portion is formed by a subtractive manufacturing method, and
wherein the second portion is formed onto the first portion by an additive manufacturing method,
wherein the first portion is formed by the subtractive manufacturing method to include a first thread form configuration and the second portion is formed by the additive manufacturing method to include a second thread form configuration.

Assignees

• Warsaw Orthopedic Inc

Inventors

• Tempco Dale A
• Ballard Rodney Ray
• May Matthew D

Classifications

• B22F10/28

  Powder bed fusion, e.g. selective laser melting [SLM] or electron beam melting [EBM] · CPC title

• A61B17/8625 Primary

  Shanks, i.e. parts contacting bone tissue · CPC title

• B22F2998/10

  Processes characterised by the sequence of their steps · CPC title

• B22F2999/00

  Aspects linked to processes or compositions used in powder metallurgy · CPC title

• A61B2017/568

  produced with shape and dimensions specific for an individual patient · CPC title