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Magnesium alloy, method for the production thereof and use thereof

US10895000B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BIOTRONIK AG · CH

Inventors

Heinz Mueller · Erlangen, DE
Peter Uggowitzer · Ottenbach, CH
Joerg Loeffler · Greifensee, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 20, 2013
Grant date	Jan 19, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 4, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC22F1/06
WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A magnesium alloy, implants and method for the production thereof. The magnesium alloy includes 1.5 to 7.0% by weight Zn, 0.5 to 3.5% by weight Al, the remainder being magnesium which contains impurities, which promote electrochemical potential differences and/or the formation of precipitations and/or intermetallic phases, in a total amount of no more than 0.0063% by weight of Fe, Si, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zr, Y, Sc or rare earths having the ordinal numbers 21, 57 to 71 and 89 to 103, Be, Cd, In, Sn and/or Pb as well as P.

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