Compared to Trabecular Metal Material, Regenerex is less porous and more occluded.

  • Trabecular Metal Material is the only porous coating that truly exhibits three-dimensional uniformity and a 100% continuous (open) pore structure.1 The pore
  • structure of Regenerex is reported to be up to 20% occluded (noncontinuous).*

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References

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* Biomet Orthopedics. Regenerex Porous Titanium Construct. 2006; Form No. Y-BMT-970/033106/M.