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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:
Sep. 25, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jan Eirik Ellingsen, Bekkestua, NO;
Ketil Videm, Oslo, NO;
Lars Opsahl, Askim, NO;
Hans Jacob Ronold, Oslo, NO;
Assignee:
Astra Tech AB, Molndal, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/504 ; B32B 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 1/504 ; B32B 9/00 ;
Abstract
An implant with a surface modified for improved bio-compatiability consisting of a metal or an alloy thereof, said implant surface comprising a modified outer layer is disclosed, wherein said metal preferably is titanium, zirconium, hafnium or tantalum, and most preferably titanium, and said modified outer layer preferably comprises a hydride of said metal. Also a method for the production of such an implant is disclosed.