Patent ID: 9579133
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A medical implant comprising: a substrate having a first surface, an opposing second surface, and a first plurality of openings, wherein each opening in a first subset of the first plurality of openings extends fully therethrough between the first surface and the second surface and a second plurality of openings extending through the substrate between the first surface and the second surface; and an outer covering molded over at least a portion of the substrate, the outer covering having a first portion substantially encompassing and fixedly connected to the first surface of the substrate, a second portion substantially encompassing the second surface of the substrate, and a connecting portion connecting the first portion and the second portion, the outer covering molded into the first plurality of openings and extending contiguously around each of the second plurality of openings such that the substrate surrounding each of the plurality of second openings is uncovered by the outer covering.