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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2009
Applicant:
Samuel Steinemann, Saint-Sulpice, CH;
Inventor:
Samuel Steinemann, Saint-Sulpice, CH;
Assignee:
Straumann Holding AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 14/00 (2006.01); C22F 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a binary single phase titanium-zirconium alloy suitable for the production of surgical implants. The alloy includes a zirconium content of less than 25% but more than 5% by weight, and 0.1% to 0.3% by weight of oxygen as a strength enhancing additive, and not more than 1% by weight of other strength enhancing additives and technical impurities.