Patent · US Expired

Prosthetic joint having substrate surface topographical featurers and at least one diamond articulation surface

US6610095B1 · kind B1 · utility

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173References

71Claims

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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	Aug 26, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB22F2998/10
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

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 substrate surface topographical features and at least one diamond articulation surface.

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