Patents Assigned to Lanka Limited
  • Patent number: 6565606
    Abstract: An implant (prosthesis) comprising a batch of a mixture of porous grains/granular material of tissue-compatible type and disintegrated tissue-compatible biological material (preferably endogenous material, such as bone meal). The batch further comprises a component which allows moulding or modelling of the batch, and the batch is enclosed in a pouch or wrap made of a flexible tissue-compatible material and having pores/apertures/perforations or the like of a size which allows outgrowth and ingrowth of tissue of the biological material. The implant is applicable in many contexts, such as a fixing agent for a hip-bone prosthesis, as a filler in plastic surgery and as a bone growth promoting agent when treating rheumatism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Lanka Limited
    Inventors: Lars Bruce, Ingrid Bruce
  • Patent number: 6090999
    Abstract: A method for inserting a plug into a hole formed in a cranial bone by rotating the plug to insert. The plug having a body with a first end, a second end, and a peripheral surface interposed there between, the first end is slightly larger than the second end. The peripheral surface further includes irregularly distributed projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Lanka Limited
    Inventors: Ingrid Bruce, Lars Bruce