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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:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2001
Applicants:
Thorsten Bechert, Hallstadt, DE;
Peter Steinrücke, Erlangen, DE;
Inventors:
Thorsten Bechert, Hallstadt, DE;
Peter Steinrücke, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Bio-Gate Bioinnovative Materials GmbH, Nuremberg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an antimicrobial material for implanting in bones and for coating or producing an implant or an implantable medical device, whereby particles formed from an antimicrobial material are remotely dispersed inside a matrix material that forms a matrix when hardened. In order to improve the compatibility of the antimicrobial material, the invention provides that the metal is formed from aggregates of primary particles having an average particle size ranging from 10 to 100 nm.