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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2018
Schott Ag, Mainz, DE;
Sabine Pichler-Wilhelm, Landshut, DE;
Oliwia Makarewicz, Jena, DE;
Christian Lautenschläger, Cambridge, GB;
Mareike Klinger-Strobel, Jena, DE;
Andreas Stallmach, Eckartsberga, DE;
Mathias W. R. Pletz, Jena, DE;
SCHOTT AG, Mainz, DE;
Abstract
A material that is less populated by biofilms than known materials and is well tolerated by the body is provided. The material is an element introducible into or attachable on a human or animal body and includes a glass and/or glass ceramic and/or ceramic material at least in some areas thereof, which inhibits the formation of biofilms and/or on which human or animal cells grow if the element is introduced into the human or animal body or attached thereto, wherein the glass and/or glass ceramic material comprises at least: SiOin a range from 60 to 75 wt % and ZnO in a range from 1 to 7 wt %.