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Hard tissue prosthesis including porous thin metal sheets
Assignee: Kyocera Corp
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Filing: 1993-12-01
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Granted: 1996-03-05
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Expires: 2013-12-01
Abstract
Abstract A prosthesis for the replacement of hard tissues of human bones and joints, comprising a porous lamination component of metal thin sheets, each having a plurality of through holes and a thickness of 150 mu m or less, and being unharmful to the living body, the porous lamination component being formed such that the sheets are laid over one another and are then diffusion-bonded therebetween into one body by heating so that the through holes communicate with one another in the direction of the thickness thereof, and the prosthesis being entirely or partially composed of the porous lamination component. The present invention also relates to a method of making such a prosthesis. The present invention can provide prostheses which are not required to be replaced again, thereby imposing a less burden to patients.
Inventors
- 👤 Shoichi Hamamoto
- 👤 Hirokazu Amino
- 👤 Noriyuki Ishida
- 👤 Yasunori Tamura
- 👤 Yoichi Nishio
- 👤 Masaru Ichimiya
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2026-10-23 09:53
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61C; A61C8/00; A61C8/0012; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/28; A61F2/30; A61F2/30721; A61F2/30734; A61F2/30767; A61F2/30907; A61F2/32; A61F2/44; A61L; A61L27/00; A61L27/02; A61L27/04; A61L27/50; A61L27/56; A61C8/0018; A61C8/0037; A61C2008/0046; A61C8/0013; A61F2/3094; A61F2/34; A61F2/36; A61F2/3601; A61F2/3662; A61F2/367; A61F2002/30001; A61F2002/30108; A61F2002/3011; A61F2002/30112; A61F2002/30138; A61F2002/30158; A61F2002/30199; A61F2002/30261; A61F2002/30316; A61F2002/30329; A61F2002/30433; A61F2/30771; A61F2002/30772; A61F2002/30784; A61F2002/30785; A61F2002/30909; A61F2002/30911; A61F2002/30915; A61F2002/3092; A61F2002/30929; A61F2002/30971; A61F2/3603; A61F2002/3605; A61F2220/00; A61F2220/0025; A61F2220/0041; A61F2230/00; A61F2230/0002; A61F2230/0004; A61F2230/0017; A61F2230/0026; A61F2230/0063; A61F2230/0082; A61F2240/00; A61F2240/001; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00005; A61F2310/00011; A61F2310/00017; A61F2310/00023; A61F2310/00029; A61F2310/00389; A61F2310/00592; A61F2310/00796; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S606/00; Y10S606/907; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/496
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
A prosthesis for the replacement of hard tissues of human bones and joints comprising a porous lamination component of metal thin sheets, each having a plurality of through holes and a thickness along a first dimension of 150 μm or less, and being unharmful to the living body, said porous lamination component being formed such that said thin sheets are laid over one another and then diffusion-bonded therebetween into one body by heating so that said through holes communicate with one another in the direction of the first dimension, wherein a single hole formed in at least one of a pair of said thin sheets being vertically adjacent to each other communicates with a plurality of holes formed in the other of the pair in the plan view direction of said thin sheets; said single hole is larger than said plurality of holes of said pair of said thin sheets such that said single hole encloses said plurality of holes of said pair of said thin sheets.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
167 words
A prosthesis for the replacement of hard tissues of human bones and joints comprising a porous lamination component of metal thin sheets, each having a plurality of through holes and a thickness along a first dimension of 150 μm or less, and being unharmful to the living body, said porous lamination component being formed such that said thin sheets are laid over one another and then diffusion-bonded therebetween into one body by heating so that said through holes communicate with one another in the direction of the first dimension, wherein a single hole formed in at least one of a pair of said thin sheets being vertically adjacent to each other communicates with a plurality of holes formed in the other of the pair in the plan view direction of said thin sheets; said single hole is larger than said plurality of holes of said pair of said thin sheets such that said single hole encloses said plurality of holes of said pair of said thin sheets.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the prosthesis consists of said porous lamination component.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the prosthesis defines a base having a surface and wherein the prosthesis is partially composed of said porous lamination component at a desired portion of the surface of the prosthesis base.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
The prosthesis of claim 1, wherein said porous lamination component is covered at a desired surface portion thereof by a covering metal material being highly bio-compatible and corrosion-resistive in the living tissues or highly bonding-affinitive to other prostheses.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the effective diameter of said through holes is in the range of 100 to 400 μm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The prosthesis of claim 1, wherein the volume porosity of said porous lamination component is in the range of 45 to 85%.
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