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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2006
Jan Eirik Ellingsen, Bekkestua, NO;
Staale Petter Lyngstadaas, Nesoddtangen, NO;
Jan Eirik Ellingsen, Bekkestua, NO;
Staale Petter Lyngstadaas, Nesoddtangen, NO;
Astra Tech AB, Molndal, SE;
Abstract
Disclosed are medical prosthetic device or medical implants which exhibit improved biocompatibility. The devices or implants include a metal material, e.g., titanium, in which the metal surfaces are coated with a corresponding hydride material that contains one or more biomolecule substance. The biomolecule substance may contain one or more biologically active molecules, e.g., bio-adhesives, biopolymers, blood proteins, enzymes, extracellular matrix proteins, extracellular matrix biomolecules, growth factors and hormones, peptide hormones, deoxyribonucleic acids, ribonucleic acids, receptors, inhibitors, drugs, biologically active anions and cations; vitamins; adenosine monophosphate (AMP), adenosine diphosphate (ADP) or adenosine triphosphate (ATP), marker biomolecules, amino acids, fatty acids, nucleotides (RNA and DNA bases), or sugars.