Patent ID: 6502442
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: B24C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method comprising:supporting a metal workpiece on a workpiece support; arranging a nozzle above a target surface of the workpiece supported by the workpiece support such that the nozzle is pointed towards the target surface of the workpiece; generating a pressurized fluid having entrained biocompatible abrasive particles for stimulation of bone growth; and discharging the pressurized liquid having the entrained abrasive particles through the nozzle and toward the target surface of the workpiece, wherein the nozzle is located a texturing standoff distance from the target surface such that a periphery of a pressurized liquid stream discharged from the nozzle expands after being discharged from the nozzle and prior to impinging upon the target surface of the workpiece so as to create a textured target surface on the workpiece.