Preparation of formed orthopedic articles
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention may be a method of forming a porous and/or dense article from metal powder, including adding to a mold a first feedstock comprising an agglomerated metal powder and an agglomeration agent; forming said first feedstock into a green state dense article; and removing said agglomeration agent. Furthermore, the present invention may include a second feedstock including an agglomerated metal powder, a space filling material and an agglomeration agent which may be formed into a green state porous article. The present invention also includes a dense and/or porous article manufactured by various methods, as well as methods for creating the dense and porous feedstocks. Moreover, the present invention may include an article which may be a medical implant.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modified1 . A method of forming a porous and/or dense article from metal powder, comprising: adding to a mold a first feedstock comprising an agglomerated metal powder and an agglomeration agent; forming said first feedstock into a green state dense article; and removing said agglomeration agent.
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