Ceramic implant and process for its production
US4983182A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 8, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jan 8, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC04B2237/348
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A ceramic implant comprising a sintered body of zirconia and a coating layer of a porous sintered body of a mixture comprising .alpha.-tricalcium phosphate and zirconia, or hydroxyapatite and zirconia formed on the surface of the sintered body of zirconia.
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