Patent ID: 9668863
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A61F,A61L,B33Y,Y10T

Claim:
1. An orthopedic implant including a porous structure, the porous structure including a plurality of cells, each of the cells comprising: a plurality of struts, wherein two or more of the struts comprise: a continuous elongated body having a thickness, a length, an axial centerline extending along the length, and a curved portion, wherein the curved portion is curved along at least a portion of the length, and wherein the axial centerline includes a curved segment extending along the curved portion; a plurality of junctions, wherein at least one of the junctions comprises a tangential intersection between the curved portion of two of the struts, wherein each tangential intersection between the curved portions of two of the struts includes a tangential intersection between the curved portions of the axial centerlines of the two struts, and wherein said at least one of the junctions comprises a sintered connection; a plurality of modified nodes, wherein at least one of the modified nodes comprises three or more of said junctions; and a plurality of sides, wherein each of the sides is defined by at least one of the struts and includes a fenestration, the fenestrations having an average cross section in the range of 50 to 1000 microns; wherein at least one of the sides is shared with another of the cells, and is defined at least in part by one of the struts of the at least one junction.