ORTHOPEDIC SPINAL DEVICES FABRICATED FROM TWO OR MORE MATERIALS

摘要

This invention relates to medical devices including spinal orthopedic implants (10, 40, 40', 50, 60) and surgical instruments (100) including a component having at least two materials providing differing performance characteristics in a unitary structure. The differing materials can be bonded or fused to one another at an atomic level to be joined to form a unitary implant or instrument component having differing materials.