|
Match
|
Document |
Document Title |
|
|
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...
|