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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:
Aug. 22, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
James R Morris, Sedalia, CO (US);
Assignee:
Medicor Corporation, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 45 ; 606 41 ; 606 49 ;
Abstract
An exceptionally durable insulating coating for surgical instruments and other implements is provided. The coating is a ceramic and polyurethane composite, and exhibits excellent insulative properties in the 500 KHZ to 1 MHZ frequency range. The ceramic coating can be readily applied by plasma deposition techniques. A polyurethane over coating is applied over the ceramic coating and is obtained using a polyester-based aliphatic polyurethane composition.