Patent ID: 9572669
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A61F

Claim:
1. An implant for interfacing with a bone structure, comprising: a web structure comprising a plurality of struts joined at nodes to form a space truss comprising a plurality of planar truss units, wherein the web structure is configured to interface with bone tissue, and wherein the plurality of planar truss units are coupled to one another such that one or more planar truss units lie in a plane that is not substantially parallel to a plane of a planar truss unit that shares at least one strut with the one or more planar truss units; wherein a diameter and/or length of the struts and/or density of the web structure are predetermined such that when the web structure is in contact with the bone at least a portion of the struts create a microstrain in adhered osteoblasts, bone matrix, or lamellar tissue; and wherein one or more angles defined by two struts and a node of one or more of the planar truss units are different than one or more corresponding angles defined by two struts and a node of one or more other planar truss units, wherein connecting exterior surface struts couple the nodes of the non-equivalent angle planar truss units to each other such that the implant has a varied height.