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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2012
Joseph Khoury, Dedham, MA (US);
Laurence B. Tarrant, Beverly Farms, MA (US);
Sean R. Kirkpatrick, Littleton, MA (US);
Richard C. Svrluga, Cambridge, MA (US);
Joseph Khoury, Dedham, MA (US);
Laurence B. Tarrant, Beverly Farms, MA (US);
Sean R. Kirkpatrick, Littleton, MA (US);
Richard C. Svrluga, Cambridge, MA (US);
Exogenesis Corporation, Billerica, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for improving bioactivity of a surface of an implantable object comprising titania, titanium, an alloy of titanium, and/or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and implantable objects prepared thereby provides forming an accelerated neutral beam derived from an accelerated gas-cluster ion-beam (GCIB) in a reduced-pressure chamber, introducing an implantable object into the reduced-pressure chamber, and irradiating at least a first portion of the surface of said implantable object with a GCIB-derived neutral beam.