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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:
Nov. 13, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rudolf Koch, Berlingen, CH;
Otto Frey, Winterthur, CH;
Assignee:
Sulzer Brothers Limited, Winterthur, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 20 ; 623 16 ;
Abstract
The bone implant is made of a cobalt-based alloy and can be anchored to a bone through the accretion of tissue. The tissue friendly surface of the implant is provided by a coating and a structural element which is secured to the coating with each of the coating and structural element being made of titanium, tantalum or niobium or an alloy of one or more of these materials.