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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129131 | MEDICAL IMPLANT II Medical implant at least partially consisting of a polymer, where:
| 05/24/2012 |
| 20120071986 | IMPLANT WITH SURFACE WITH CALCIUM, AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING THE SURFACE OF AN IMPLANT TO PROVIDE SAID SURFACE WITH CALCIUM The invention relates to an implant for the human or animal body, which on its outer surface comprises at least one calcium salt that is soluble in a polar liquid. The invention also refers to various methods for the preparation of the preceding implant. The calcium ion... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120022662 | IMPLANT COMPONENTS AND METHODS Systems, devices, and methods are provided for orthopedic implants. The implants may include a base member, such as an acetabular shell or an augment, that is configured to couple with an augment, flange cup, mounting member, or any other suitable orthopedic attachment.... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120009327 | Method and Device for Coating of a Medical Implant The invention relates to a method for coating of a medical implant that can be used to apply a calcium salt to the surface of a medical implant easily and without expensive coating equipment and little expenditure of time. Accordingly, a me... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110320011 | ORTHOPEDIC CUSHION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF The invention relates to an orthopaedic cushion made from a filled elastomer or softened thermoplastics and can be provided with a thin friction-reducing coating made from a non-polar, non-hydrophilic slip-increasing polymer coating namely poly(para-xylene). According t... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110320006 | COATED IMPLANT The disclosure relates to an orthopedic implant comprising a metallic substrate coated with a diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer, and a layer of a polymeric material placed over the DLC layer that is less stiff than the substrate, and methods of manufacturing the same.... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110318476 | POROUS AND NONPOROUS MATERIALS FOR TISSUE GRAFTING AND REPAIR Implants having improved mechanical properties and/or degradation profiles, kits including such implants, and methods of producing and using the same.... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313539 | MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Metallic medical supplies include a metallic material as a base material, and a film having micro pores and/or micro unevenness on a surface of the base material, wherein the micro pores and/or micro unevennesses are impregnated with iodine or iodine compounds.... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110311591 | Antimicrobial Coating A substrate (100) comprising a sol-gel derived coating (101). The coating, is chemically bonded to the substrate (100) and is derived from a polysiloxane to form a network of silicon-carbon and silicon-oxygen bonds. An antimicrobial is releasably captured within the net... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110311714 | Fluidized Bed Pyrocarbon Coating Arrangements are provided for assembling multiple substrates for coating within a fluidized bed coater so as to deposit a coating of uniform thickness across the entire exterior surface thereof. One embodiment includes a method for coating orthopedic implants having con... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110280921 | ANTIBACTERIAL HYDROGEL AND USE THEREOF IN ORTHOPEDICS The present invention relates to hydrogels endowed with antibacterial properties, to be used for injection in damaged bones or in the production of antibacterial coatings of prostheses for implant in the human or animal body, obtained by loading with antibacterial agent... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276143 | SURFACE CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE A method for producing a wear resistant polyethylene medical implant includes forming a medical implant, such as an orthopedic implant, made at least partially of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). The polyethylene may be irradiated with gamma ray or e-b... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110224796 | IMPLANT FOR FUSING SPINAL COLUMN SEGMENTS The invention relates to an optical lens shaped into the form of a shroud and having a light-permeable front side (11) and a side wall (12) adjacent thereto, wherein the side wall (12) and the front side (11) constitute different components o... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110218646 | BONE IMPLANT MATRIX AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME The present invention relates to a bone implant matrix, comprising a base matrix treated or to be treated with a reinforcing mixture containing at least a polymer. The described bone implant matrix is particularly suitable in the field of b... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110206768 | MEDICAL PREPARATION A bone matrix, including: a bone matrix material, which has had organic material removed, and a replacement material that has replaced the organic material, the bone matrix characterised in that the bone matrix is formed from a single piece of bone.... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110143015 | PRIMER COMPOSITION FOR METAL OXIDE CERAMICS [Problems] A primer used for pre-treating the surfaces of a prosthetic, which exhibits a large adhering force at the time of adhering a prosthetic of metal oxide ceramics to an object to be joined by using an adhesive such as a dental cement, the large adhering force be... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110123705 | COHESIVE OSTEOGENIC PUTTY AND MATERIALS THEREFOR Described is an implantable medical material comprising a malleable, cohesive, shape-retaining putty including mineral particles, insoluble collagen fibers and soluble collagen. The medical material can be used in conjunction with biologically active factors such as ost... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110082564 | Devices and Methods for Tissue Engineering A tissue scaffold fabricated from bioinert fiber forms a rigid three-dimensional porous matrix having a bioinert composition. Porosity in the form of interconnected pore space is provided by the space between the bioinert fiber in the porous matrix. Strength of the poro... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110082562 | BONE REPAIR MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME A bone repair material being superior in apatite-forming ability and its stability in a storage and high in scratch resistance is disclosed. The material is produced by a method comprising the steps of: immersing a substrate made of titanium or a titanium alloy in a fir... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110071633 | Coating a Shape-Memory Prosthesis Illustrative embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method for coating a shape-memory prosthesis. The method includes providing a prosthesis with an expandable portion. The expandable portion comprises a shape-memory material having a contracted phase an... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110066253 | CERAMIC COATED ORTHOPAEDIC IMPLANTS AND METHOD OF MAKING SUCH IMPLANTS Orthopaedic implants with scratch-, wear- and corrosion-resistant ceramic coatings on metal substrates are provided, as well as methods for making such coatings. The metal substrate is advantageously HIP'd and homogenized prior to coating with the ceramic, and the HIP'd... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110060419 | MEDICAL DEVICES WITH GALVANIC PARTICULATES Implantable medical devices having galvanic particulates are disclosed. The particulates may be coated onto at least part of a surface of the medical device. In addition, the galvanic particulates may be contained in the material used to manufacture the antimicrobial me... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110054629 | COMPOSITE IMPLANT HAVING POROUS STRUCTURE FILLED WITH BIODEGRADABLE ALLOY AND METHOD OF MAGNESIUM-BASED MANUFACTURING THE SAME The present invention provides a composite implant comprising pores of a porous structure filled with a biodegradable magnesium-based alloy. Further, the present invention provides a composite implant which filles pores of the porous structure prepared by a metal, a cer... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110054630 | ARTIFICIAL BONE COATED WITH APATITE/COLLAGEN COMPOSITE, AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD An artificial bone comprising a support coated with an apatite/collagen composite, and a method for producing the artificial bone by immersing the support in a dispersion of the fibrous apatite/collagen composite and drying it.... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110053113 | IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF What is described is an implant that comprises a coating, at least in areas, in the implanted state in the surface areas that are at least directly in contact with skin and/or soft tissue. The implant is preferably characterized in that the coating comprises both a stat... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110039014 | COMPOSITE PROSTHETIC BEARING HAVING A CROSSLINKED ARTICULATING SURFACE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME An implantable prosthetic bearing is constructed of a composite material having a first layer and second layer. The first layer has an articulating surface defined therein, whereas the second layer has a engaging surface defined therein for engaging either another prost... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110033609 | Methods and Apparatus for Making Coatings Using Ultrasonic Spray Deposition Ultrasonic spray deposition (USD) used to deposit a base layer on the substrate, followed by chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) to introduce a binder phase that creates a composite coating with good adherence of the binder to the initial phase particles and adherence of ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110015757 | Plasticized Bone and Soft Tissue Grafts and Methods of Making and Using Same The present invention provides a plasticized dehydrated or freeze-dried bone and/or soft tissue product that does not require special conditions of storage, for example refrigeration or freezing, exhibits materials properties that approximate those properties present in... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110015756 | SURFACE ALLOYED MEDICAL IMPLANT A medical implant is disclosed. The medical implant includes: a first biocompatible metal forming a substrate (210, 310, 410), a second biocompatible metal diffused into the first biocompatible metal to form an biocompatible alloy surface (220, 314, 414), ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100330260 | Implant Depots to Deliver Growth Factors to Treat Osteoporotic Bone The present invention relates to the design and composition of a depot implant for optimal delivery of growth factors to treat osteoporotic bone, in that such depot implant is constructed to be in a cylinder (rod) or sphere shape and have a natural or synthetic polymer ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100323094 | POROUS BIOMATERIALS SURFACE ACTIVATION METHOD The present invention relates to a porous biomaterials surface activation method by coating with a layer of apatitic nanocrystals in order to increase their surface reactivity. The method according to the invention is characterized by the following steps:
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| 20100324677 | BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIAL AND USES THEREOF The present invention relates to a biocompatible ceramic material comprising Baghdadite (Ca3ZrSi2O9), and a method for its preparation. Preferably the Baghdadite is synthetically prepared. The present invention also relates to an implant... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100312352 | METHOD FOR COATING PROSTHESIS ELEMENTS AND ELEMENTS OBTAINABLE WITH THE METHOD A method for coating prosthesis elements that have a concave surface and a corresponding convex counter surface includes arranging in at least the concave surface a shaped retention surface for gripping a coating. The coating is coupled with the shaped retention surface... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100305626 | ADHESIVE COMPLEX COACERVATES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THEREOF Described herein is the synthesis of adhesive complex coacervates. The adhesive complex coacervates are composed of a mixture of one or more polycations, one or more poly anions, and one of more multivalent cations. The polycations and polyanions in the adhesive complex... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100292795 | BIOMEDICAL IMPLANT SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY There is provided a method for creating a micro-topographical surface on biomedical implants that mimics a topography of bone to help facilitate osseointegration of the implant, as well as related devices and resulting implants. For example, a surface topography system ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100290992 | NANOPARTICLE NUCLEIC ACID BINDING COMPOUND CONJUGATES FORMING I-MOTIFS The present invention concerns the field of nanoparticle bioconjugates which form an i-motif or an i-motif related structure (compositions) without or with at least one further nucleic acid binding compound. The i-motif base pairs can be charged or non-charged. Their as... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100291287 | POLYMERIC PLATE BENDABLE WITHOUT THERMAL ENERGY AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE An implantable plate for providing support to a bone of a subject when affixed thereto includes a polymeric body of a biocompatible polymer having a desired amount of polymer molecule orientation in a first direction so that the plate can be bent to conform with a conto... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100286783 | EXPANDABLE INTERVERTEBRAL IMPLANT AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME An expandable intervertebral implant (10) includes superior (20) and inferior (30) bone contacting members and at least one vertical wire netting (50) interconnecting the superior and inferior bone contacting members. The superior and inferio... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100268227 | Methods and Devices for Bone Attachment Methods and devices directed to attaching a bone to an implant are disclosed. Some aspects are directed to a modified substrate, such as a mineralized collagenous scaffold, that can be part of an implant. The substrate can have a porous structure that includes a collage... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100260924 | DIGITALLY-PAINTED DENTAL ARTICLES A digital painting process provides computer-controlled finishing of dental articles. The process can selectively apply different materials over portions of a dental article in one or more layers to achieve a multi-chromatic finish having a variety of colors, finishes, ... | 10/14/2010 |
