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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Geoffrey Dearnaley, Abingdon, GB;
Alan Thomas Peacock, Wantage, GB;
Assignee:
AEA Technology plc, Harwell, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 ;
Abstract
A femoral component as herein before described for an artificial hip joint made out of an alloy containing titanium, wherein at least a major load bearing portion of which has been subjected to bombardment by a beam of nitrogen or other light ions having energies in the range of 10 Kev to 200 Kev until a surface fluence of between 1 and 8×10,ions/cm,has been implanted. An apparatus for processing such components is described also.