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Ceramic implant and process for its production

US4983182A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 8, 1989
Grant dateJan 8, 1991
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Expiry dateFeb 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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