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Surface-modified implants

US7662190B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

STRAUMANN HOLDING AG · CH

Inventors

Samuel Steinemann · Yverdon-les-Bains, CH
James Percival Simpson · London, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 3, 2006
Grant date	Feb 16, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 14, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61L2430/02
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An osteogenic implant with improved osteointegration properties, this implant being made of titanium metal or a titanium-based alloy and being suitable for implantation in bones, said implant having a roughened surface, which in the hydroxylated state has been at least partially covered with a compound which comprises in the molecule at least two groups which are, independently of one another, a primary amino group, a secondary amino group, a carboxyl group, an amide group, a phosphano group and/or hydroxyl, or with a mixture of such compounds.

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