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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:
Dec. 19, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Compagnie Oris Industrie S.A., Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 18 ;
Abstract
A polymer articular prosthesis having a sliding surface, wherein the latter is constituted by a thin layer of said polymer grafted with tetrafluoro-ethylene. The process for preparing the articular prosthesis comprises coating with a protective varnish the outer surface of a polymer articular prosthesis having a sliding surface, except in the areas constituting this sliding surface irradiating the prosthesis with ionizing rays, contacting the prosthesis with the tetrafluoroethylene vapour for adequate time to bring about tetrafluoroethylene grafting over a limited thickness of the polymer forming the sliding surface and then removing the protective varnish.