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Medical implant composition

US5827904A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 1996
Grant dateOct 27, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 27, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08L2207/068
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A composition for the manufacture of a medical implant utilizing a solid polymeric material fashioned from stock or pressure molded from a powder base. A sufficient amount of a carotenoid is doped into powder base or stock solid polymeric material to produce a stable oxidation resistant matrix for use in medical implants, or alternatively doped into a solid, performed bulk polymeric material for use as medical implants.

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