Christopher J. Sutcliffe;William O'Neill;Robin Stamp;William ONeill;Eric Jones
发明人:
William O'Neill,Christopher J. Sutcliffe,Eric Jones,Robin Stamp,William ONeill
申请号:
US13605354
公开号:
US08992703B2
申请日:
2012.09.06
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要:
The present invention disclosed a method of producing a three-dimensional porous tissue in-growth structure. The method includes the steps of depositing a first layer of metal powder and scanning the first layer of metal powder with a laser beam to form a portion of a plurality of predetermined unit cells. Depositing at least one additional layer of metal powder onto a previous layer and repeating the step of scanning a laser beam for at least one of the additional layers in order to continuing forming the predetermined unit cells. The method further includes continuing the depositing and scanning steps to form a medical implant.