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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2012
Applicants:
Michael Stekker, Aurich, DE;
Norbert Hort, Luneburg, DE;
Frank Feyerabend, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum fur Material-und Kustenforschung GmbH, Geeshacht, DE;
MEKO LASERSTRAHL-MATERIALBEARBEITUNGEN E.K, Sarstedt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22C 23/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/58 (2006.01); A61L 31/02 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); C22C 23/06 (2006.01); C22F 1/00 (2006.01); C22C 1/02 (2006.01); C22F 1/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61K 31/337 (2006.01); A61K 31/439 (2006.01); C25F 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/58 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61K 31/337 (2013.01); A61K 31/439 (2013.01); A61L 31/022 (2013.01); A61L 31/148 (2013.01); C22C 1/02 (2013.01); C22C 23/06 (2013.01); C22F 1/006 (2013.01); C22F 1/06 (2013.01); C25F 3/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a magnesium alloy containing 5.0% by wt.-25.5% by wt. dysprosium, 0.01% by wt.-5.0% by wt. neodymium and/or europium, 0.1% by wt. 3.0% by wt. zinc, 0.1% by wt.-2.0% by wt. Zirconium, and balance to 100.0% by wt. magnesium, being degradable under physiological conditions and which is particularly suitable for the production of absorbable stents and to stents made thereof.