Depuy Synthes Products, Inc.

Synthes Usa, LLC

Synthes Gmbh

Goetz Thorwarth

Cyril Voisard

Markus Kraft

Ulrich Mueller

Claudiu Falub

Roland Hauert

Robert Frigg

A bone implant includes (a) a first layer provided over a first outer surface of the bone implant and being formed of a first material which is one of water-soluble and degradable in body fluids, the first layer having a first thickness and (b) a second layer provided over an outer periphery of the first layer and being formed of a biocompatible material, the second layer having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness.

Self-detaching layer for easy implant removal

A method for joining two or more segments of a bone implant comprises the steps of placing a plurality of thin layers of an intermetallic material between first and second segments of the bone implant and applying a mechanical load to the plurality of layers. In a subsequent step, the plurality of layers are ignited by applying an external activation energy thereto, the ignition heating the plurality of layers to a reaction temperature and causing the segments to become affixed to one another after cooling.

Method for joining two or more segments of a surgical implant

A coating for a CoCrMo substrate including a first layer located directly on the substrate and including Ta(CoCrMo), a second layer located directly on the first layer and including tantalum, a third layer located directly on the second layer and including tantalum carbide, and a fourth layer located directly on the third layer and including diamond-like carbon (DLC).

Coating for a CoCrMo substrate

An orthopedic implant comprising a metallic substrate coated with a diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer, and a layer of a polymeric material placed over the DLC layer that is less stiff than the substrate, and methods of manufacturing the same.

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