Process for the coating for metallic implant materials

US7229545B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Biomet Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Sewing · Dieburg, DE
• Michel Dard · Griesheim, DE
• Sophie Roessler · Dresden, DE
• Dieter Scharnweber · Dresden, DE
• Hartmut Worch · Dresden, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 16, 2003
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2007
• Expiry date: Apr 16, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2430/02
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A biomimetically produced bone-analogous coating, comprising organic and inorganic main constituents, is suitable for coating metallic implant materials of any desired surfaces. The coating comprises a collagen matrix mineralized with calcium phosphate.