SURGICAL IMPLANT COMPOSED OF A POROUS CORE AND A DENSE SURFACE LAYER

摘要

The present invention is related to a surgical implant (10) comprising a porous core part (11) made of a porous biocompatible material and a dense shell (12) made of a biocompatible material provided on a part of the surface of the porous core partwhich formsan interfacewithbiologicalsoft tissue. The dense shell shields the porous core from in-growth of soft tissue. The porous core part comprises open interconnected pores. The invention is equally related to a method of manufacturing a surgical implant comprising the steps of: producing a porous core part, applying a viscous suspension on a part of the surface of the porous core part and applying a thermal treatment.