Porous and/or polycrystalline silicon orthopaedic implant
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1. An orthopaedic implant material comprising porous and or polycrystalline silicon.
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The invention relates to orthopaedic implant materials and devices comprising porous and or polycrystalline silicon. Such materials and devices may be used in the treatment of one or more of the following conditions: hip fracture, arthrosis of the hip and knee, vertebral fracture, spinal fusion, long bone fracture, soft tissue repair, and osteoporosis.
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- 1. An orthopaedic implant material comprising porous and or polycrystalline silicon.
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7. An orthopaedic implant material characterised in that the orthopaedic material comprises derivatised porous silicon having Si—
- C and/or Si—
O—
C bonding.
- C and/or Si—
- 8. An orthopaedic implant device formed, at least partly, from an orthopaedic implant material comprising porous and/or polycrystalline silicon
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14. A method of making an orthopaedic implant material comprising the steps:
- taking a body of silicon or silicon containing compound, and forming the silicon or silicon containing compound into porous and/or polycrystalline silicon suitable for the treatment, and/or repair, and/or replacement of human or animal bone.
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15. A method of making an orthopaedic implant device comprising the steps:
- taking a body of porous and/or polycrystalline silicon, and forming at least part of a device, suitable for the treatment, and/or repair, and/or replacement of human or animal bone, from the porous and/or polycrystalline silicon.
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