Patent ID: 8118867

Claim:
An orbital implant which comprises: a substantially spheroid porous material core comprising an outer surface; an anterior first, non-liquid, bioabsorbable, solid material external coating portion covering a first outer surface section of said core and having a thickness of less than 2.0 millimeters; said first coating portion being made from a material capable of carrying a suture at said thickness and having a first bioabsorbability rate; a second, non-liquid, solid material external coating portion, distinct from said first portion, covering a second outer surface section of said core; said second coating portion having a second bioabsorbability rate different from said first bioabsorbability rate; wherein said first coating portion comprises at least one bulbously raised zone having an undersurface spaced apart from said outer surface of said core to form a gap sized to accommodate a suture; wherein said bulbously raised zone is positioned on an anterior location of said implant and has passageways cut through said first coating portion to accommodate a sutures; and, wherein said first coating portion is deformed to intimately contact surface features on said core.