Patent ID: 9539095
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A61F,A61L

Claim:
1. A method for filling a bone void, comprising: obtaining a pliable sheet-like orthopedic implant product that can be reshaped during a surgical implantation procedure for filling a bone void, wherein the pliable sheet-like orthopedic implant product includes an open porous metal sheet having a first side opposite a second side with a curable fixative disposed along the first side of the open porous metal sheet, the curable fixative received in pores along the first side of the open porous metal sheet and extending to a depth within the open porous metal sheet, the curable fixative absent from pores along the second side of the open porous metal sheet; and implanting the pliable sheet-like orthopedic implant product in the bone void such that the second side of the open porous metal sheet contacts bone, wherein said implanting includes reshaping the pliable sheet-like orthopedic implant product from a first shape to a second shape the second side of the open porous metal sheet is contacting bone.