Patent · US Active

Bio-absorbable composite materials containing magnesium and magnesium alloys as well as implants made of said composites

US9700657B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

2References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignees

Heraeus Medical GmbH · DE
MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITÄT GRAZ · AT

Inventors

Klaus-Dieter Kühn · Marburg, DE
Annelie-Martina Weinberg · Weitensfeld im Gurktal, AT
Peter Uggowitzer · Ottenbach, CH
Sebastian Vogt · Jena, DE
Jörg Löffler · Stockdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 22, 2014
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 22, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC22C21/06
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a composite material that comprises at least one magnesium component, whereby the magnesium component consists of pure magnesium or a magnesium-calcium alloy or a magnesium-calcium-X alloy, whereby X is another biodegradable element. The composite material also contains at least one organic anti-infective agent having a solubility in water at room temperature of less than 10 grams per liter.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.