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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:
Jun. 15, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michel Lahille, Vauhallan, FR;
Mourad Ben-Mokhtar, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Terolab Services-SNMC, Villeneuve le Roi, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ; B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 66 ; 2041921 ;
Abstract
The product for covering a prosthesis (1) includes calcium carbonate (CaCO.sub.3), preferably in the form of calcite and smaller amounts of aragonite, and lime, mainly quick lime (CaO). The product is the result of thermal transformation of a substance containing calcite and/or argonite and/or quick lime or hydrated lime. The thermal transformation is carried out by thermal sputtering using a plasma torch in which the substance is injected in powder form into a plasma jet.