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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2000
Tadashi Kokubo, Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Masahiro Nawa, Katano, JP;
Masaki Uchida, Bozeman, MT (US);
Tadashi Kokubo, Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Masahiro Nawa, Katano, JP;
Masaki Uchida, Bozeman, MT (US);
Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd., Kadoma-shi, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A hard tissue repairing material includes zirconia as a base material. A surface of the base material has a hydrophilic group. The hydrophilic group is bonded to zirconium atom in the base material. The base material may contain at least an ionic component that is selected from a group consisting of calcium ion, sodium ion, potassium ion, and phosphate ions within the surface. A hard tissue repairing material may include zirconia as a base material and a layer of a main component of an apatite. The layer of the apatite may be formed on a hydrophilic group bonded to zirconium atom in the base material.