IMPLANT DEVICE HAVING CURVED OR ARCED STRUTS
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Abstract
In various embodiments, an implant for interfacing with a bone structure includes a web structure including a space truss. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes and the web structure is configured to interface with human bone tissue. In some embodiments, a method is provided that includes accessing an intersomatic space and inserting an implant into the intersomatic space. The implant includes a web structure including a space truss. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes and the web structure is configured to interface with human bone tissue.
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70 Claims
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1-56. -56. (canceled)
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57. An implant for interfacing with a bone structure, comprising:
a space truss comprising two or more truss units, each of the truss units comprising one or more curved or arced struts joined at nodes. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A method, comprising:
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accessing a space proximate a bone structure comprising human bone tissue; and inserting an implant into the space, wherein the implant comprises a space truss comprising two or more truss units, each of the truss units comprising one or more curved or arced struts joined at nodes. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70)
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