Truss implant
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1. An implant comprising:
- an implant body comprising one or more contact faces configured to be disposed at or near a bony structure; and
a truss structure coupled to at least one of the contact faces, wherein the truss structure is configured to be disposed adjacent the bony structure during use, wherein the truss structure comprises two or more struts extending from the contact face, away from an interior of the implant defined, in part by one or more of the contact faces, and wherein two or more of the struts define an opening configured to enable bone through growth through the opening.
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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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1. An implant comprising:
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an implant body comprising one or more contact faces configured to be disposed at or near a bony structure; and a truss structure coupled to at least one of the contact faces, wherein the truss structure is configured to be disposed adjacent the bony structure during use, wherein the truss structure comprises two or more struts extending from the contact face, away from an interior of the implant defined, in part by one or more of the contact faces, and wherein two or more of the struts define an opening configured to enable bone through growth through the opening. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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slitting at least a portion of a bony structure to form one or more slits extending from a face of the bony structure into the bony structure; and inserting at least a portion of a truss structure of an implant into at least one of the slits, wherein the implant comprises; an implant body comprising one or more contact faces configured to be disposed at or near the bony structure; and the truss structure coupled to at least one of the contact faces, wherein the truss structure is configured to be disposed adjacent the bony structure during use, wherein the truss structure comprises two or more struts extending from the contact face, away from an interior of the implant defined, in part by one or more of the contact faces, and wherein two or more of the struts define an opening configured to enable bone through growth through the opening. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method, comprising:
inserting an implant adjacent boney structure of a human, wherein the implant comprises; an implant body comprising one or more contact faces configured to be disposed at or near the bony structure; and a truss structure coupled to at least one of the contact faces, wherein the truss structure is configured to be disposed adjacent the bony structure during use, wherein the truss structure comprises two or more struts extending from the contact face, away from an interior of the implant defined, in part by one or more of the contact faces, and wherein two or more of the struts define an opening configured to enable bone through growth through the opening.
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19. An implant comprising:
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an implant body comprising one or more contact faces configured to be disposed at or near a bony structure; and a truss structure coupled to at least one of the contact faces, wherein the truss structure is configured to be disposed adjacent the bony structure during use, wherein the truss structure comprises two or more struts extending from the contact face, and wherein two or more of the struts define an opening configured to enable bone through growth through the opening; wherein the implant comprises a dynamic intervertebral implant configured to couple two adjacent vertebrae and configured to facilitate motion between the two adjacent vertebrae.
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20. A method comprising:
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slitting at least a portion of a bony structure to form one or more slits extending from a face of the bony structure into the bony structure; and inserting at least a portion of a truss structure of an implant into at least one of the slits, wherein the implant comprises; an implant body comprising one or more contact faces configured to be disposed at or near the bony structure; and the truss structure coupled to at least one of the contact faces, wherein the truss structure is configured to be disposed adjacent the bony structure during use, wherein the truss structure comprises two or more struts extending from the contact face, and wherein two or more of the struts define an opening configured to enable bone through growth through the opening; wherein the implant comprises a dynamic intervertebral implant configured to couple two adjacent vertebrae and configured to facilitate motion between the two adjacent vertebrae.
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