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7473278 Method of surface oxidizing zirconium and zirconium alloys and resulting product  
A coating of blue-black or black oxidized zirconium of uniform and controlled thickness on a zirconium or zirconium alloy material is accomplished through the oxidative treatment of an amorphous...
7410502 Medical prosthetic devices having improved biocompatibility  
The invention relates to a medical prosthetic device having a metal material, such as titanium or an alloy thereof, where the surface parts of the metal material are coated with a layer of a...
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...
7270679 Implants based on engineered metal matrix composite materials having enhanced imaging and wear resistance  
This invention relates to an implantable medical device to treat a patient. The implantable device can be an orthopedic device such as a spinal implant including, but not restricted to, a disc or...
7251893 Tribological applications of polyelectrolyte multilayers  
One aspect of the present invention relates to an implantable medical device comprising a surface coated with a polyelectrolyte multilayer, wherein said surface is glass, metal, plastic, polymer,...
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...
7094418 Crosslinkable macromers  
A crosslinkable macromer system and related methods of preparing the system and using the system in the form of a crosslinked matrix between a tissue site and an implant article such as a tissue...
7087087 Implants formed of coupled bone  
The present invention relates to an implant comprising two or more bone fragments that are combined to form a single unit. Cancellous bone or cortical bone is removed from a source and fashioned...
7048767 Nano-crystalline, homo-metallic, protective coatings  
The present invention provides orthopedic prosthesis having at least one metallic component that includes a metallic substrate on which an integrally formed nano-crystalline coating is formed. The...
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...
6821528 Antibiotic calcium phosphate coating  
A process for applying a coating having a therapeutic agent such as an antibiotic or a bone morphogenic protein to an implant uses the high surface area of a calcium phosphate coated metal implant...
6800095 Diamond-surfaced femoral head for use in a prosthetic joint  
Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for...
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....
6632247 Implants formed of coupled bone  
The present invention relates to an implant comprising two or more bone fragments that are combined to form a single unit. Cancellous bone or cortical bone is removed from a source and fashioned...
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...
6514289 Diamond articulation surface for use in a prosthetic joint  
Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for...
6494918 Component for a prosthetic joint having a diamond load bearing and articulation surface  
Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for...
6461385 Method and apparatus for augmenting osteointegration of prosthetic implant devices  
Bone augmentation in a mammalian body to enhance the mechanical strength of a prosthesis is provided by reinforcement of bone in the region surrounding the implant device. A number of fibrillar...
6436146 Implant for treating ailments of a joint or a bone  
The implant has at least one contact surface portion, made of pyrolytic carbon, designed to be in mobile contact with at least one bony surface when the implant is implanted in a patient....
6398815 Prosthetic joint having at least one superhard articulation surface  
Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for...
6371988 Bone grafts  
Spinal spacers 20 are provided for fusion of a motion segment. The spacers include a load bearing member 21 having a wall 22 sized for engagement within a space between adjacent vertebrae to...
6306177 Biomaterial system for in situ tissue repair  
A method, and related composition and apparatus for repairing a tissue site. The method involves the use of a curable polyurethane biomaterial composition having a plurality of parts adapted to be...
6217615 Arthroplasty process for securely anchoring prostheses to bone, and arthroplasty products therefor  
A synovial prosthetic member includes a body having an articulating surface and an anchor surface, the articulating surface being configured for articulation with another articulating surface of a...
6171343 Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene components treated to resist shearing and frictional wear  
The present invention provides methods for modifying surfaces made from metal alloy and/or UHMWPE, preferably surfaces which are frictionally engaged, e.g., in an orthopaedic implant. The methods...
6168633 Composite surface composition for an implant structure  
The implant of the present invention is composed of a core body having an outer surface of a composition of at least two dissimilar biocompatible metal components or metal alloy components in...
6110204 Implant  
The present invention relates to an implant for use in the human body, an implant substrate being coated with a material which contains chemical compounds between one or more metals (M) of group IV...
6085476 Transportable building form  
A transportable form structure for use in making a building. In accordance with the invention modular interlocking form blocks are stacked on a base frame and then secured so that the blocks do not...
6069295 Implant material  
The invention provides a nanotechnology process for implant surface treatment for producing an implant article. The nanotechnology process comprises subjecting a non-porous material to a mechanical...
6024735 Process and composition for cleaning soft tissue grafts optionally attached to bone and soft tissue and bone grafts produced thereby  
The invention relates to compositions effective for the cleansing of mammalian soft tissue optionally attached to bones, and particularly the removal of blood deposits and bone marrow therefrom....
5658333 Prosthesis with highly convoluted surface  
A technique for producing a highly convoluted surface on a prosthetic device is achieved by applying a layer of aspherical metallic powder on the surface of the device. The metallic powder, which...
5609631 Fibrin D-domain multimer coated prostheses and methods for their production  
Methods for coating a prosthetic surface with anti-thrombogenic, or anti-coagulant, proteins are disclosed. The methods involve contacting a surface of a prosthetic material with a composition...
5562734 Method for reducing gamma radiation sterilization induced discoloration  
A method for chemically extracting the low-molecular weight chemical additives from a polymethylmethacrylate coating formed on an orthopaedic implant. Specifically, the implant is subjected to a...
5482717 Resorbable bone wax  
The invention is a resorbable, viscous to solid wax for the mechanical staunching of blood on hard body tissue, particularly bones, based on oligomers of glycolic acid and/or lactic acid and...
5480438 Bioactive ceramic coated surgical implant  
A metallic implant base is coated with two bioactive ceramic layers. An inner bioactive ceramic layer is coated on the implant base. An outer bioactive ceramic layer is coated on the inner...
5383934 Method for ion beam treating orthopaedic implant components  
A method is disclosed for ion beam coating orthopaedic parts by ion implanting the parts with zirconium ions while the parts are immersed in an oxygen-containing background gas. A highly adherent...
5370694 Zirconium oxide and nitride coated endoprostheses for tissue protection  
Medical implants of zirconium or zirconium-based alloy coated with blue or blue-black zirconium oxide or zirconium nitride to provide low friction, highly wear resistant coatings especially useful...
5370696 Prosthetic implants with a highly crystalline coating  
A coated prosthetic implant and a method of forming a continuous coating of highly crystalline polymer over a prosthetic implant by means of passing particles of polymer through a high temperature...
5358533 Sintered coatings for implantable prostheses  
A sinterable coating for an implantable prosthesis is provided having 1) interstices into which tissue or bone can grow, and 2) increased surface roughness which provides enhanced initial press-fit...
5314475 Method for producing osteo-integrating surfaces on skeletal implants and skeletal implants with osteo-integrating surfaces  
A method for producing osteo-integrating surfaces of skeletal implants that are made from metal or metal alloys and skeletal implants having osteo-integrating surfaces are provided. The method...
5258044 Electrophoretic deposition of calcium phosphate material on implants  
The invention features a method for preparing coated implants. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a gel of amorphous calcium phosphate having a calcium to phosphorous ratio of 0.5 to...
5211663 Passivation methods for metallic medical implants  
Passivated implants and passivation methods that provide superior corrosion resistance and surface performance characteristics as compared to conventional nitric acid passivation are disclosed. The...
5205921 Method for depositing bioactive coatings on conductive substrates  
A process for electro depositing bioactive coatings, such as calcium phosphate or aluminum oxide, onto conductive substrates, such as prosthetic implant devices, is described. An electrolyte bath...
5178201 Method for producing an implant with an open-celled metal structure  
An implant is produced with an open-celled structure at least partly covering its surface. The method uses a positive pattern having a basic pattern with particles bonded to it, the particles...
5152794 Zirconium oxide and nitride coated prothesis for reduced microfretting  
Orthopedic implants of zirconium or zirconium-based alloy coated with blue or blue-black zirconium oxide or zirconium nitride to provide low friction, highly wear resistant coatings especially...
5080672 Method of applying a fully alloyed porous metallic coating to a surface of a metallic prosthesis component and product produced thereby  
A fully alloyed porous metallic coating is applied to the surface of a metallic prosthetic component by producing a slurry comprising a suspension of the alloy in particulate form in a solution of...
5047054 Triazine resin coated prosthetic implants  
The invention provides biocompatible, corrosion-resistant prostheses and methods for producing these. A coating comprising a bismaleimide-triazine resin, a biocompatible plasticizer and optionally...
4944754 Method of manufacturing synthetic bone coated surgical implants  
A process is provided for depositing hydroxylapatite on the surface of materials suitable for implantation into animals and humans. In this process, a coating of hydroxylapatite is applied to...
4888019 Articular prosthesis and its preparation process  
A polymer articular prosthesis having a sliding surface, wherein the latter is constituted by a thin layer of said polymer grafted with tetrafluoro-ethylene. The process for preparing the articular...
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