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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
Amedica Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Ryan M. Bock, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Bryan J. McEntire, Sandy, UT (US);
Ramaswamy Lakshminarayanan, West Jordan, UT (US);
Amedica Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
Ceramic materials comprising charge-compensating dopants and related methods. In some embodiments, the materials may comprise dopants such as YO, GdO, NbO, and/or TaO. Some embodiments may comprise a molar concentration of YOand/or GdOthat is at least approximately equal to the molar concentration of NbOand/or TaO. Certain embodiments and implementations may comprise particular, unique concentrations or concentration ranges of various compounds/materials in order to improve performance for use of such ceramic materials as biomedical implants.