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Fluidized bed pyrocarbon coating

US9279181B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10References

14Claims

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Assignee

On-X Life Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

Mark E. Seeley · Austin, US
Fletcher D. Southard · Austin, US
Mike James Mewhort · Pflugerville, US
Joseph Earl Robinson · Pflugerville, US
Roger William Leikam · Round Rock, US
Jeff Wayne Stark · Round Rock, US
Brett A. Bickerton · Austin, US
Jonathan C. Stupka · Austin, US
David Wilde · Georgetown, US
Cephas M. Wozencraft · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 22, 2011
Grant date	Mar 8, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 22, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB05D1/60
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Arrangements are provided for assembling multiple substrates for coating within a fluidized bed coater so as to deposit a coating of uniform thickness across the entire exterior surface thereof. One embodiment includes a method for coating orthopedic implants having convex and concave surfaces with pyrocarbon by pyrolytic decomposition of a hydrocarbon.

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