Patent ID: 9055977
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L

Abstract:
1. An implant for securing soft tissue to bone, comprising: a tubular body providing an inner passageway for receiving soft tissue of a patient, wherein said inner passageway includes an interior side wall provided by a tubular first open porous metal structure with pores of a first nominal pore diameter for suitably receiving soft tissue ingrowth, said tubular body including an exterior side wall provided by a plate-shaped second open porous metal structure with pores of a second nominal pore diameter greater than said first nominal pore diameter for suitably receiving bone ingrowth, wherein said plate-shaped second open porous metal structure is located to a side of said tubular first open porous metal structure along a length of said tubular first open porous metal structure such that said inner passageway does not pass through said plate-shaped second open porous metal structure.