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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9877806 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018

Filed:

May. 17, 2006

Low friction coatings for use in dental and medical devices

Applicants:

Reshef Tenne, Rehovot, IL;

Alon Katz, Jerusalem, IL;

Meir Redlich, Tel Aviv, IL;

Lev Rapoport, Lod, IL;

Inventors:

Reshef Tenne, Rehovot, IL;

Alon Katz, Jerusalem, IL;

Meir Redlich, Tel Aviv, IL;

Lev Rapoport, Lod, IL;

Assignees:

YEDA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD., Rehovot, IL;

HADASIT MEDICAL RESEARCH SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT LTD., Jerusalem, IL;

HOLON ACADEMIC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Holon, IL;

Attorneys:

Mark Cohen

Pearl Cohen

Zedek Latzer Baratz LLP

Primary Examiner:

Ellen S Wood

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 31/00 (2006.01); C10M 125/22 (2006.01); A61C 7/20 (2006.01); A61C 7/14 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/30 (2006.01); A61L 29/10 (2006.01); A61L 31/08 (2006.01); C23C 18/32 (2006.01); C25D 3/56 (2006.01); C25D 5/34 (2006.01); C25D 15/02 (2006.01); C23C 18/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 7/20 (2013.01); A61C 7/14 (2013.01); A61C 8/0013 (2013.01); A61L 27/303 (2013.01); A61L 29/103 (2013.01); A61L 31/084 (2013.01); C23C 18/1662 (2013.01); C23C 18/32 (2013.01); C25D 3/562 (2013.01); C25D 5/34 (2013.01); C25D 15/02 (2013.01); C23C 18/165 (2013.01); Y10T 428/13 (2015.01); Y10T 428/264 (2015.01); Y10T 428/31511 (2015.04); Y10T 428/31609 (2015.04); Y10T 428/31678 (2015.04); Y10T 428/31855 (2015.04);
Abstract

The present invention provides an article, at least part of it being coated by inorganic fullerene-like (IF) nanoparticles or composite containing such nanoparticles. Preferably, the invention provides an article made of metal, for use in dentistry or medicine e.g. archwire, needle or catheter, having a friction-reducing film, and methods for coating such articles with a friction-reducing film.

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