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Patent No.:

US 9539067 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2015

Deposition of discrete nanoparticles on a nanostructured surface of an implant

Applicant:

Biomet 3i, Llc, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);

Inventors:

Bruce Berckmans, III, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);

Ross W. Towse, Palm City, FL (US);

Robert L. Mayfield, Jupiter, FL (US);

Assignee:

Biomet 3I, LLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);

Attorney:

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Cachet Sellman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 6/083 (2006.01); A61L 27/32 (2006.01); B05D 3/00 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/86 (2006.01); A61L 27/04 (2006.01); A61L 27/10 (2006.01); A61L 27/42 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); C23C 22/02 (2006.01); C23C 24/08 (2006.01); C23C 26/00 (2006.01); C23C 30/00 (2006.01); A61C 13/00 (2006.01); C23F 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 8/0015 (2013.01); A61B 17/86 (2013.01); A61C 8/0022 (2013.01); A61C 13/00 (2013.01); A61L 27/04 (2013.01); A61L 27/10 (2013.01); A61L 27/425 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); C23C 22/02 (2013.01); C23C 24/08 (2013.01); C23C 26/00 (2013.01); C23C 30/00 (2013.01); C23F 1/00 (2013.01); A61C 8/0012 (2013.01); A61C 8/0013 (2013.01); A61F 2/30767 (2013.01); A61F 2002/3084 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30968 (2013.01); A61F 2310/00796 (2013.01); A61L 2400/12 (2013.01); A61L 2430/02 (2013.01); A61L 2430/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of forming an implant to be implanted into living bone is disclosed. The method comprises the act of roughening at least a portion of the implant surface to produce a microscale roughened surface. The method further comprises forming a nanoscale roughened surface on the microscale roughened surface. The method further comprises the act of depositing discrete nanoparticles on the nanoscale roughened surface though a one-step process of exposing the roughened surface to a solution including the nanoparticles. The nanoparticles comprise a material having a property that promotes osseointegration.

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