POROUS MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME
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    发明公开
    POROUS MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME 有权
    多孔材料的制备方法

    公开(公告)号:EP1948722A2

    公开(公告)日:2008-07-30

    申请号:EP06804682.0

    申请日:2006-11-06

    申请人: PPD Meditech

    IPC分类号: C08J9/26 A61L31/06

    摘要: A method for fabricating a porous structure from a first material. The method comprises the acts of mixing the first material with a second material to form a mixture, the first material having a melting point which is lower than the second material, heating the mixture under pressure to a temperature between a melting point of the first material and a melting point of the second material, cooling the molten mixture until it hardens and removing the second material from the first material. The method may also include a subsequent annealing step. There is also described a material suitable for implant, illustratively vertebral or spinal implants, comprising a rigid biocompatible polymer such as PEEK comprising a plurality of interconnected pores. The polymer illustratively has a porosity of between 50% and 85% by volume and in a particular embodiment is able to withstand pressures of up to 20 MPa. The porous PEEK material may also have a minimum thickness in any dimension of one (1 ) inch.