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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2009
Applicants:
Daniel A. Heuer, Memphis, TN (US);
Vivek Pawar, Germantown, TN (US);
Marcus Lee Scott, Memphis, TN (US);
Shilesh C. Jani, Germantown, TN (US);
Inventors:
Daniel A. Heuer, Memphis, TN (US);
Vivek Pawar, Germantown, TN (US);
Marcus Lee Scott, Memphis, TN (US);
Shilesh C. Jani, Germantown, TN (US);
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for making a diffusion hardened medical implant having a porous surface is disclosed. The medical implant is made by a hot isostatic pressing process which simultaneously forms that porous surface and the diffusion hardened surface.