Invention Application
- Patent Title: FORMING OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PRODUCT
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Application No.: US16392032Application Date: 2019-04-23
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Publication No.: US20190248052A1Publication Date: 2019-08-15
- Inventor: Vivek Pawar , Mark Morrison , Carolyn Weaver
- Applicant: Smith & Nephew, Inc.
- Main IPC: B29C45/14
- IPC: B29C45/14 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y40/00 ; B33Y80/00 ; B23K26/342 ; B21J1/00 ; A61F2/00 ; A61F2/38 ; A61F2/30
Abstract:
An exemplary process includes determining a desired pore size, selecting an initial pore size greater than the target pore size, manufacturing a porous structure with the initial pore size, forging the porous structure to form a forged part having the desired pore size, and forming an orthopedic device from the forged part.
Public/Granted literature
- US10857708B2 Forming of additively manufactured product Public/Granted day:2020-12-08
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