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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Joseph R. Vargas, Garnerville, NY (US);
Steven Seelman, Montclair, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Zimmer, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61K 6/04 (2006.01); A61K 6/02 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); C23C 16/14 (2006.01); C23C 16/46 (2006.01); A61L 27/06 (2006.01); A61L 27/30 (2006.01); C23C 16/40 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/0013 (2013.01); A61C 13/0006 (2013.01); A61K 6/0205 (2013.01); A61K 6/04 (2013.01); A61L 27/06 (2013.01); A61L 27/306 (2013.01); C23C 16/14 (2013.01); C23C 16/405 (2013.01); C23C 16/46 (2013.01); A61F 2/28 (2013.01); A61L 2420/02 (2013.01); Y10T 428/31678 (2015.04);
Abstract
A method of depositing a relatively thin film of bioinert material onto a surgical implant substrate, such as a dental implant. Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) may be used to deposit a layer of tantalum and/or other biocompatible materials onto a solid substrate comprised of an implantable titanium alloy, forming a biofilm-resistant textured surface on the substrate while preserving the material properties and characteristics of the substrate, such as fatigue strength.