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7377943 Surface treated metallic implant and blasting material  
The invention relates to a metallic implant, which has vitreous-crystalline bioactive material on the surface thereof. According to the invention, a metallic implant base body arranged on the...
7361724 Self assembling monolayer compositions  
A surface coating composition for providing a self-assembling monolayer, in stable form, on a material surface or at a suitable interface, as well as a method of preparing such a composition and a...
7247364 Coating for implantable medical devices  
An implantable medical device, such as a stent, is disclosed having a coating. The coating includes a poly(butylene terephthalate-co-ethylene glycol)polymer. The coating can also include a drug.
7192445 Medical prosthetic devices and implants having improved biocompatibility  
Disclosed are medical prosthetic devices or medical implants which exhibit improved biocompatitibly. The devices or implants include a metal material, e.g. titanium, in which the metal surface...
7163920 Peptide with osteogenic activity  
The present invention provides a composition including an isolated or recombinant peptide component that has osteogenic cell proliferative activity. The peptide, which promotes proliferation of...
7087086 Biological agent-containing ceramic coating and method  
The invention provides an implantable article, a method of preparing the same, and methods of modifying a ceramic-coated implantable article. The implantable article comprises a biocompatible...
7063884 Stent coating  
A stent comprising a coating layer is disclosed. The coating layer has a hydrophobic component and a hydrophilic component, wherein a region of the coating layer on or about the outermost surface...
7018411 Endoprothesis with galvanised silver layer  
A bone replacement endoprosthesis has a metallic support structure, at least part of the surface of which is galvanically silvered. Beneath the silver layer a bond layer is provided which can...
7015206 Use of a polysaccharide excreted by the Vibrio diabolicus species in bone repair  
The invention concerns the use of a polysaccharide excreted by the Vibrio diabolicus species for making a medicine with cicatrising activity, in particular bone repair activity. The invention...
7014661 Transcutaneous prosthesis  
A transcutaneous prosthesis is disclosed comprising a first component ( 1 ) shaped for implantation into a bone ( 2 ), a second component ( 4 ) intended for location between the bone ( 2 ) and the...
7004975 Coated joint endoprosthesis  
Joint endoprostheses are provides which respectively have a joint part with a metallic core, wherein the metallic core is coated, in regions that roll and/or slide on another joint part during...
6969400 Synthetic implant with nonimmunogenicity coating  
Provided are crosslinked polymer compositions that include a first synthetic polymer containing multiple nucleophilic groups covalently bound to a second synthetic polymer containing multiple...
6926919 Method for fabricating a coating for a medical device  
Methods for fabricating coatings for implantable medical devices are disclosed. The coatings include blends of hydrophilic and hydrophobic polymers. The methods provide for treatment of the...
6863693 Phospholipid-coated implants  
A prosthesis or implant has a surface carrying a coating comprising at least one phospholipid at a concentration to improve osteointegration. A method of making such a prosthesis or implant and a...
6749639 Coated prosthetic implant  
A prosthesis for implanting into a bone having a cavity is disclosed. The prosthesis comprises a body and a stem. A first coating including a bone ingrowth promoting material that promotes ingrowth...
6736849 Surface-mineralized spinal implants  
A spinal implant is provided to integrate with and support vertebrae in a vertebral column. The spinal implant includes a body and a mineralized, bioactive surface coating chemically bonded to a...
6730129 Implant for application in bone, method for producing such an implant, and use of such an implant  
An implant for application in bone, especially jaw bone, is provided. The implant includes a unit that can be applied in the bone, and which is made of a biocompatible material such as titanium....
6726718 Medical articles prepared for cell adhesion  
A prosthesis is formed from a biocompatible material having one or more associated cell adhesion stimulating proteins. The biocompatible material can be a ceramic material or a carbon coated...
6719989 Sustained release drug carrier, and method of manufacturing sustained release drug carrier  
A sustained release drug carrier comprises a ceramic composite which is formed by bonding a plurality of ceramic bodies together, and drugs impregnated into the ceramic composite. A method of...
6627321 Implants with modified surfaces for increased biocompatibility, and method for production thereof  
An implant with a surface modified for improved bio-compatiability consisting of a metal or an alloy thereof, said implant surface comprising a modified outer layer is disclosed, wherein said metal...
6582715 Antimicrobial orthopedic implants  
An orthopedic surgical implant of one or more components having a surface which is to be contacted by body tissue and/or fluid. The surface contains an inorganic antimicrobial agent either...
6569547 Hard tissue repairing materials and the process for producing the same  
A hard tissue repairing material including a base material and a surface layer having a crystalline zirconia covering the base material, being characterized in that the film includes a Zr—OH...
6530958 Tissue regeneration matrices by solid free-form fabrication techniques  
Solid free-form (SSF) techniques for making medical devices for implantation and growth of cells from polymers or polymer/inorganic composites using computer aided design are described. Examples of...
6508838 Compositions for medical implantation  
A composition or device suitable for orthopedic or dental implantation to bone, characterized by tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) adsorbed to a porous hydroxyapatite substratum.
6497729 Implant coating for control of tissue/implant interactions  
A tissue/implant interface, comprising an implant and a bioactive polymer layer adjacent at least a portion of the outer surface of the implant, wherein the polymer layer contains at least one...
6419708 Calcium-phosphate coated implant element  
The invention relates to an implant element for permanent anchorage in bone tissue in which at least the surface intended to face the tissue in the implantation region is made of a biocompatible...
6371985 Prostheses restrained by immediate attachment while ingrowth proceeds naturally over time  
The invention is a surgically implantable bone and bone joint prosthesis which is designed to be directly attached during surgery and which includes ingrowth receptive zones or stationing sites for...
6361567 Non-irritating antimicrobial coating for medical implants and a process for preparing same  
The present invention provides a process of forming an antimicrobial coating on a surface of a medical implant, the coating comprising an antimicrobially effective amount of antimicrobial metal...
6344061 Device for incorporation and release of biologically active agents  
The invention provides an implantable device coated with a layer of calcium phosphate and optionally one or more biologically active substances such as growth factors, lipis, (lipo)polysaccharides,...
6251142 Implantation device and a kit including the device  
The apparatus comprises an implantation device having a body, the surface of which has at least a portion coated with a receptor, and a preparation containing a ligand formed from the combination...
6235061 Poly(organophosphazene) matrices for bone replacement  
A highly porous three-dimensional biodegradable poly(organophosphazene) matrix with hydrolytically unstable side chains is prepared and used as a scaffold for the growth of osteoblast cells. In a...
6221111 Bioactive surface layer for bone implants  
A bioactive surface layer with 0.01 μm to 5 mm thickness is suitable for a metallic bone implant. The surface layer has the following composition: (A) calcium compounds (CaX) consisting of...
6143036 Bone augmentation for prosthetic implants and the like  
Bone augmentation in a mammalian body by insertion of a mesh comprising one or more fibrillar wires having a coating into a bone cavity or socket. The one or more fibrillar wires are arranged or...
6017366 Resorbable interposition arthroplasty implant  
A resorbable implant for interposition arthroplasty which is intended to fill a void between two adjacent bone ends, providing a cushion between the bone ends to prevent impingement of the bone...
5980973 Implantable medical device with biocompatible surface and method for its manufacture  
A method of providing biocompatible surface texturing on a metal component of an implantable device and the device so produced. The coating is provided by applying particles of metal falling...
5035718 Joint prosthesis  
A joint prosthesis, especially for a hip joint has a metal shaft receivable in the marrow cavity of the bone, a closure plate at the upper end of the shaft, and a formation adapted to form the ball...
4904264 Artifical joint system  
The invention relates to an artificial joint system which, by a combination of defined pretension in the implant in the resection plane and a wholly or partially resorbable shaft or clamping system...
4705694 Process for making bioactive coatings on osseous prostheses, and prostheses thus obtained  
The present invention relates to a process for making bioactive coatings on osseous prostheses, wherein a mist of particles containing calcium ions and orthophosphate ions is made from solutions...
4702930 Method of producing implantable bone replacement materials  
Metallic implants with a coating of hydroxyl apatite are described. Hot isostatic pressing permits pore-free compaction of the hydroxyl apatite layer and results in firm bonding of the layer on the...
4636218 Artificial articulation  
An artificial articulation includes a socket which has a spherical inner surface, a bone head ball member which is pivotably, slidably received in the spherical inner surface of the socket, and a...
4542539 Surgical implant having a graded porous coating  
This biologically compatible surgical prosthetic implant has a multi-layer coating formed from metallic particles having sizes which increase in the direction from the metallic body of the implant...
4234972 Bioglass coated metal substrate  
A prosthesis for cement-free bonding to bone comprising a metal substrate coated with a biologically active glass or glass-ceramic of uniform composition and thermal coefficient of expansion and...
4202055 Anchorage for highly stressed endoprostheses  
An implantable prosthesis anchorage which contains a non-porous outer coating in the regions which is positioned in contact with bone. The non-porous outer coating consists of (i) at least one...
3924274 An adjunct and method for facilitating implantation of joint prostheses  
Implantation of joint prostheses by means of mineral cement adhesives is facilitated by using a temporary barrier shield of biologically compatible material between the cement and the bone tissue...
3919723 Bone shaft or bone joint prosthesis and process  
A bone shaft or bone joint prosthesis made of a compacted Al 2 O 3 ceramic, cement-free implant. At least one substance capable of releasing bone-growth stimulating ionic material (i.e., lithium...
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