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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2009
Applicants:
Lorenz Brunner, Zurich, CH;
Yvo Dirix, Erlenbach, CH;
Shilesh C. Jani, Memphis, TN (US);
Roberto Tommasini, Uster, CH;
Inventors:
Lorenz Brunner, Zurich, CH;
Yvo Dirix, Erlenbach, CH;
Shilesh C. Jani, Memphis, TN (US);
Roberto Tommasini, Uster, CH;
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew Orthopedics AG, Rotkreuz, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A substance, which contains anti-inflammatory substances, anti-microbial substances, anti-tumor substances, anti-viral substances, and/or bone stimulating substances, as an additive, can be added to an UHMWPE material for the production of a medical implant for imparting benign body response properties to the medical implant.