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Collagen disruptive surface morphology for implants

  • US 5,798,065 A
  • Filed: 10/02/1997
  • Issued: 08/25/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for making an implant to be implanted into an animal or human being, said method comprising:

  • placing a support structure in a mold;

    placing an uncured polymeric material in said mold;

    placing deformable beads in said mold;

    compressing said mold to deform said beads into general mutual contact;

    curing said polymeric material to bond it to said support structure and to form a solid interconnected matrix between said deformed beads; and

    removing said deformed beads from said matrix, whereby an implant having a polymeric open-celled foam surface is provided.

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