Patent ID: 11857393
Assignee: ALM ORTHO, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An internal bone fixation device comprising:
at least three layers, each layer having an inner rim and an outer rim that are connected by one or more rim struts; in each layer the inner rim and outer rim arranged in a horizontal orientation relative to one another, and each of the layers arranged in a vertical orientation relative to one another;
wherein the at least three layers are connected to one another by one or more layer struts;
wherein the layer struts and rim struts are configured to connect the inner rims and outer rims and the at least three layers in an alternating pattern that forms an approximate s-shape or a reverse s-shape for every three layers, the layer struts configured to connect the layers to one another by extending in an alternating pattern between either the outer rim on one layer and between the inner rim on the next layer or between the inner rim on one layer and the outer rim on the next layer; and
wherein at least a portion of the area between layers includes a porous architecture.