Method for fabricating a medical implant component and such component
US8187660B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 5, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 29, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB22F2999/00
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of fabricating a medical implant component. The method may include the steps of producing a substrate from a first material wherein the substrate has a bearing portion, spraying particles of a second material onto the bearing portion in accordance with a predetermined spraying technique to provide a coating thereon, and subjecting the coated bearing portion to a hot isostatic pressing process, a vacuum sintering process, or a controlled atmospheric sintering process. The first material may be the same as or different from the second material. The predetermined spraying technique may be a thermal type spraying process such as a plasma spraying process or a high velocity oxygen fuel spraying process.
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