Patent ID: 9707082
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A bifunctional assembled implant adapted for implantation at a non-load bearing site of a bone cartilage junction, comprising: an osteoconductive portion, comprising cancellous bone, adapted to fill a defect in a subchondral bone layer; and a chondroinductive portion, comprising fully demineralized cortical bone, adapted to fill a cartilage layer adjacent to the subchondral bone layer; wherein said osteoconductive portion and said chondroinductive portion are assembled in a stacked relationship without separate fasteners or adhesives; wherein said osteoconductive portion and said chondroinductive portion each defines a characteristic depth and a characteristic width; and wherein said characteristic depth of said osteoconductive portion is substantially equivalent to or greater than said characteristic depth of said chondroinductive portion; and wherein said osteoconductive portion and said chondroinductive portion are assembled to have an interference fit; and wherein said implant is adapted to backfill a secondary site created during an autograft cartilage repair procedure in a human patient.