Patent ID: 11872733
Assignee: SMED-TA/TD, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method of forming an implant, the method comprising:
placing a porous scaffold having a plurality of pores in a mold part cavity of a mold cavity of a mold, the porous scaffold including at least one vent opening; the mold having at least one mold insert post; placing the at least one vent opening of the porous scaffold onto the at least one mold insert post such that the at least one vent opening and the at least one mold insert post form a clearance therebetween;
injecting molding material into the mold cavity to simultaneously fill the mold cavity around the porous scaffold and form the implant such that gas present in the mold cavity flows through the clearance without molding material flowing through the clearance during the injecting.