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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Bruno Zberg, Altdorf, CH;
Bodo Gerold, Zellingen, DE;
Joerg Loeffler, Zurich, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BIOTRONIK VI PATENT AG, Baar, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 23/06 (2006.01); A61L 31/18 (2006.01); A61L 31/02 (2006.01); A61L 31/08 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/18 (2013.01); A61L 31/022 (2013.01); A61L 31/088 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01);
Abstract
A marker alloy foreign implant made of a biodegradable metallic material and having the composition MgxYbyMz wherein x is equal to 10-60 atomic percent; y is equal to 40-90 atomic percent; z is equal to 0-10 atomic percent; M is one or more element selected from the group consisting of Ag, Zn, Au, Ga, Pd, Pt, Al, Sn, Ca, Nd, Ba, Si, and Ge; and wherein x, y, and z, together, and including contaminants caused by production, result in 100 atomic percent.