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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Vivek Pawar, Germantown, TN (US);
Shilesh C. Jani, Memphis, TN (US);
Carolyn L. Weaver, Collierville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/10 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61L 27/30 (2006.01); A61L 27/04 (2006.01); A61F 2/28 (2006.01); A61L 27/06 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61F 2/32 (2006.01); A61F 2/38 (2006.01); A61F 2/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/10 (2013.01); A61F 2/28 (2013.01); A61F 2/30767 (2013.01); A61L 27/045 (2013.01); A61L 27/047 (2013.01); A61L 27/06 (2013.01); A61L 27/30 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61F 2/3094 (2013.01); A61F 2/32 (2013.01); A61F 2/38 (2013.01); A61F 2/44 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30016 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30922 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30929 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0019 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0041 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00017 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00023 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00029 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00089 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00101 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00485 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00592 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00598 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00856 (2013.01); A61L 2400/00 (2013.01); Y10T 428/12611 (2015.01);
Abstract
A composition and medical implant made therefrom, the composition including a thick diffusion hardened zone, and preferably further including a ceramic layer. Also provided are orthopedic implants made from the composition, methods of making the composition, and methods of making orthopedic implants from the composition.