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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. 19, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2005
Applicants:
Gordon Hunter, Memphis, TN (US);
Vivek Pawar, Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Gordon Hunter, Memphis, TN (US);
Vivek Pawar, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A composition, a medical implant constructed from the composition, and a method of making the composition are described. The composition is a composite material, comprising a porous, reticulated, open cell network having at least part of its surface coated with blue-black or black oxidized zirconium.