Prosthetic joint having at least one superhard articulation surface

US6398815B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Diamicron, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Bill J. Pope · Springville, US
• Jeffrey K. Taylor · Loomis, US
• Richard H. Dixon · Provo, US
• Clayton F. Gardinier · American Fork, US
• Louis M. Pope · Provo, US
• Dean C. Blackburn · Springville, US
• Michael A. Vail · Salt Lake City, US
• Kenneth M. Jensen · Orem, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 30, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 4, 2002
• Expiry date: Jan 30, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B22F2998/10
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for making joints, bearing and articulation surfaces, and methods for manufacturing and finishing the same, and related information are disclosed, including a prosthetic joint having at least one superhard articulation surface.