Intervertebral implant

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9498337-B2
Application number	US-201314139822-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 23, 2013
Priority date	Dec 23, 2013
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

An intervertebral implant, particularly an intervertebral implant comprising local degradable hydroxyl apatite/metal block and based on a support mounting model of porous hydroxyl apatite with metal powders held for sintering and molding, guides osseous tissues to grow in porous metal and is steadily merged in upper and lower bones when the implanted hydroxyl apatite is gradually degraded in a certain period.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method to prepare an intervertebral implant, the intervertebral implant which is made from metal powders and biodegradable material; the intervertebral implant characterized in that said biodegradable material develops a plurality of interconnected pores in a sintering process and said metal powders, which are filled in said interconnected pores, and said biodegradable material are bonded to each other in a sintering process, comprising steps as follows:
Step a, mixing: Biodegradable material for degradation in a human body and an adhesive liquid are mixed and become a moderate viscous liquid;
Step b, adhesion: The moderate viscous liquid adheres to surfaces and/or cavities of a porous high-molecular support;
Step c, drying and molding: The porous high-molecular support with the moderate viscous liquid attached is dried so that the moderate viscous liquid securely coated on the porous high-molecular support's surfaces and/or cavities clings to original topography of the surfaces and/or cavities;
Step d, sintering and removal: A porous biodegradable support is developed after the high-molecular support and the adhesive liquid are removed during a sintering process in an atmosphere furnace; and
Step e, filling and sintering: Metal powders are filled in the porous biodegradable support as a support mounting model and heated in a high-temperature vacuum sintering process for development of the intervertebral implant in which biodegradable material and metal powders are bonded to each other.

2. The method to prepare the intervertebral implant according to claim 1 , wherein said biodegradable material is hydroxyl apatite which is mixed with said adhesive liquid and sintered for development of said porous biodegradable support comprising said interconnected pores with sizes from 10 μm to 200 μm.

Assignees

• Metal Ind Res & Dev Ct

Inventors

• Wang Wei-Ching
• Wu meng-xiu
• Wang Fu-Shan
• Sue Tzyy-Ker
• Chen Wei-Te
• Shih Wei-Jen

Classifications

• A61L27/56

  Porous materials, {e.g. foams or sponges} · CPC title

• A61L2430/38

  for reconstruction of the spine, vertebrae or intervertebral discs · CPC title

• A61F2002/3093

  for promoting ingrowth of bone tissue · CPC title

• A61F2002/30968

  Sintering · CPC title

• A61F2/3094 Primary

  Designing or manufacturing processes · CPC title