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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Biomet 3i, Llc, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Inventors:
T. Tait Robb, Stewart, FL (US);
Bruce Berckmans, III, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Ross W Towse, San Marcos, CA (US);
Robert L Mayfield, Jupiter, FL (US);
Assignee:
BIOMET 3I, LLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F 1/26 (2006.01); A61L 27/06 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F 1/26 (2013.01); A61L 27/06 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61C 2008/0046 (2013.01); A61F 2/3094 (2013.01); A61F 2/30767 (2013.01); A61F 2/30771 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30925 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01); A61L 2400/18 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49567 (2015.01);
Abstract
A titanium 6 Al/4V alloy is provided with a surface topography that is similar to the Osseotite® surface produced on commercially pure titanium. Native oxide is removed from the Ti 6Al/4V alloy, followed by contacting the metal at ambient temperature with an aqueous hydrochloric acid solution containing a relatively small amount of hydrofluoric acid.