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1. A method of performing an orthopedic surgery to connect bone surfaces, the method comprising connecting a porous metal implant device with the vascular system of a host receiving implantation of the device, the device comprising:
a rigid porous metal implant which is biocompatible with the mammalian body; and at least one implantable inlet vascular conduit comprising a biocompatible polymer, the inlet vascular conduit having first and second ends and is arranged and configured to supply blood into the implant and to connect the porous implant to a mammalian vascular system, the porous metal implant having internal voids which form at least 50% by volume percent of the implant, and the at least one vascular conduit providing blood flow into the porous metal implant by having the inlet vascular conduit extend into and below an outer surface of the porous metal implant to effect blood flow from a vascular system of a host receiving implantation of the device into internal portions of the porous metal implant, the blood flow effected by the vascular system of the host receiving implantation of the device after implantation, wherein the first end of the inlet vascular conduit is connected to a blood vessel and the second end of the inlet vascular conduit is below an outer surface of the rigid metal implant. |
