Methods for manufacturing a diamond prosthetic joint component

US6596225B1 · 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 31, 2000
• Grant date: Jul 22, 2003
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B22F2999/00
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

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 methods for manufacturing a diamond prosthetic joint component.