A method of depositing a hard wear resistant surface onto a porous or non-porous base material of a medical implant. The medical implant device formed by a Laser Based Metal Deposition (LBMD) method. The porous material of the base promotes bone ingrowth allowing the implant to fuse strongly with the...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US20050123672?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20050123672 - Laser based metal deposition of implant structures
