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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2000
Bill J. Pope, Springville, UT (US);
Jeffrey K. Taylor, Loomis, CA (US);
Richard H. Dixon, Provo, UT (US);
Clayton F. Gardinier, Orem, UT (US);
Louis M. Pope, Provo, UT (US);
Dean C. Blackburn, Springville, UT (US);
Michael A. Vail, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Diamicron, Inc., Orem, UT (US);
Abstract
Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for making joints, bearing and articulation surfaces, and methods for manufacturing and finishing the same, and related information are disclosed, including a component for use in a prosthetic hip, the component having a polycrystalline diamond articulation surface and a plurality of substrate layers.