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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:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles O. Townley, Port Huron, MI (US);
Assignee:
BioPro, Inc., Port Huron, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30 ;
Abstract
A joint implant, which is not itself a femoral component for a conventional hip joint replacement prosthesis having a diamond or diamond like coated ball, has a diamond or diamond like coated articulating surface. The coating can be transitional in nature. The implant can be based on a suitable support material, for example, a metal, a ceramic, or a plastic, with the support material being coated with the diamond or diamond like substance. The implant may be, for instance, for a ginglymous type, an enarthrodial type, or a digital joint. Convex and/or concave articulating surface(s) of a prosthesis can have the coating.