Somatic element of single crystalline sapphire ceramics
US4122605A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 22, 1976 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 1996 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S606/913
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
This disclosure relates to a somatic element of single crystalline sapphire ceramics for use as an implant for dental surgery, orthopedic prosthetic surgery and the like, which element is excellent in mechanical strength, flexibility and affinity with its ambient tissue so much so that it eliminates a fear of development of bone cancer and facilitates the proliferation of uniform bone tissue around the somatic element implanted.
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