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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2021
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Darren Wilson, York, GB;
John Rose, Collierville, TN (US);
Nathaniel Kelley Grusin, Germantown, TN (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/34 (2006.01); A61L 27/06 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); B05D 1/18 (2006.01); B05D 3/10 (2006.01); B05D 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/34 (2013.01); A61L 27/06 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); B05D 1/18 (2013.01); B05D 3/108 (2013.01); B05D 7/14 (2013.01); A61L 2300/104 (2013.01); A61L 2400/12 (2013.01); A61L 2420/02 (2013.01); B05D 2202/35 (2013.01);
Abstract
An orthopaedic implant comprising a titanium substrate having silver deposited thereon, wherein the silver is operable to be eluted at a rate of at least 0.25 μg/cm2 24 h−1, for at least 14 consecutive days, in use. The invention also extends to a method of producing an orthopaedic implant and use of the same.