Kyocera Corporation

Saga University

Other

Takao Hotokebuchi

Iwao Noda

Masaaki Mawatari

Masatsugu Tsukamoto

Masaya Hirabayashi

Takefumi Nakanishi

Shingo Masuda

Hiroyuki Kitano

Takeru Miwa

Junji Ikeda

Provided is a bioimplant which is capable to inhibit the biofilm formation over a long period of time after an operation. The bioimplant of the present invention comprises a base material of metal, ceramic, or plastic and a thermal spraying film of a calcium phosphate-based material formed at least partially thereon and the silver concentration in the thermal-spray film is 0.05 wt % to 3.00 wt %.

Method of manufacturing a bioimplant

To provide a bioimplant capable of controlling a rate of an antibacterial agent and an antibiotic to be eluted from the coating film. An evanescent coating film made of a calcium phosphate-based material having crystallinity of 10% to 90% is formed at a predetermined area of the bioimplant and an antibacterial agent or an antibiotic is contained in the coating film to suppress adhesion of bacteria.

Bioimplant with evanescent coating film

Bioimplant

Bioimplant with antibacterial coating and method of making same

To provide a bioimplant capable of controlling a rate of an antibacterial agent and an antibiotic to be eluted from the coating film. An evanescent coating film made of a calcium phosphate-based material having crystallinity of 90% or less is formed at a predetermined area of the bioimplant and an antibacterial agent or an antibiotic is contained in the coating film. If necessary, a metal oxide layer made of a metal oxide having an isoelectric point of less than 7 is formed on the bioimplant thereby suppressing adhesion of bacteria.

Bioimplant for artifical joint with evanescent coating film

The present invention provides a biomedical implant material comprising a substrate for biomedical implant made of a ceramic material, a first coating layer formed on the surface of said substrate by low-thermal impact coating process, and a second coating layer formed on said first coating layer via a metallic layer formed by thermal spraying process, and a method of producing the same. According to the biomedical implant material, it is made possible to prevent cracks from occurring in the ceramic substrate, and to secure sufficient bonding strength between the thermal-sprayed layer of titanium or the like onto the ceramic substrate.

Biomedical implant material and method of producing the same

An implant prosthesis comprising implant substrate of ceramic material, a thin glass layer coated over the adhering interface of the substrate relative at least to a bone, and a thermally sprayed layer of calcium phosphate based material formed over the glass layer. The implant provides excellent adhesion of the thermally sprayed layer of calcium phosphate based material to the substrate, with ensuring advantages of stabilized implantation in a living body in that the thin glass layer between the substrate and the calcium phosphate based material removes fear of the sprayed material coming off and/or falling off the substrate or possibility of bringing about reduced strength of the substrate.

Implant prosthesis and method for producing same

A ceramic prosthesis for the living body wherein a plurality of globular or indefinite-shaped ceramic particles are bonded by sintering into one body directly or indirectly with the surface of a ceramic substrate of alumina ceramics, ziroconia ceramics or the like to permit the ingrowth of bone cells into gaps between the particles of the ceramic particles. The material is very suitable for a prosthesis such as an artifical joint in that the material is enabled to provide stront bonding and fixing thereof to the living bone by permitting early ingrowth of bone cells in the living body and to provide stability of the bonding and fixing over a long period of time.

Ceramic prosthesis for living body & method of making the same

The disclosure relates to an artificial tooth crown composed of glass ceramics comprising crystallized calcium phosphate forming essentially apatite which is a main inorganic component of natural bones or teeth. The disclosure also relates to a method of producing the artificial tooth crown. The artificial tooth crown has superior dimensional accuracy since it is made by precision casting. The tooth crown can be securely adhered by a dental cement such as glass ionomer. Furthermore, the physical properties of the tooth crown are very similar to those of the natural teeth, and the wear caused by the biting motion between the tooth crown and its mating tooth does not differ from that caused by the biting motion between the natural teeth. Furthermore, the method does not differ from the conventional precision casting method.

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Osaka, Japan

Iwao Noda