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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2009
Applicant:
Ashok C. Khandkar, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventor:
Ashok C. Khandkar, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Amedica Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A prosthesis for articulation (e.g., hip or joint prosthesis) is provided, which includes a pair of articulation components respectively defining a pair of articulation surfaces movably engageable with each other. In some embodiments, each of the articulation surfaces is formed from a biocompatible ceramic (e.g., doped silicon nitride ceramic) having a flexural strength greater than about 700 Mega-Pascal (MPa) and a toughness greater than about 7 Mega-Pascal root meter (MPam).