Abstract: The invention relates to a surgical shield, wherein the shield includes one or more walls including at least one substantially smooth surface, the one or more walls individually or collectively forming a single substantially elongate member; and at least one attachment means directly or indirectly attached to the one or more walls for securing the shield in position during a surgery.

Abstract: The implants of the invention relate to improved implants formed using additive manufacturing techniques, the implants including a hemispherical cup portion, and an ischium flange, a pubic ramus flange and an ilium flange, each flange extending outwardly from the perimeter of the hemispherical cup portion, wherein the implant surface includes an area of integrally formed three dimensional scaffold on the bone apposition surfaces of the cup portion and on a bone apposition surface of at least one of the flanges of the implant. The invention also relates to implants with different surface texture and alignment features, together with methods for the manufacture of patient-specific implants of the invention.

Abstract: This invention relates to and orthopedic implant having an expansion means adapted to increase the external surface area of the implant, the expansion means positioned to correspond to voids or depressions in the anatomy of a patient. Also described are method for the design and manufacture of such implants.

Abstract: The invention relates to a surgical shield, wherein the shield includes one or more walls including at least one substantially smooth surface, the one or more walls individually or collectively forming a single substantially elongate member; and at least one attachment means directly or indirectly attached to the one or more walls for securing the shield in position during a surgery.