Coated femoral stem prosthesis

Details Coated femoral stem prosthesis Coated femoral stem prosthesis

1996-10-28

1998-09-01

Isabella, David

Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai

Implantable prosthesis

Bone

A61F 232

Patent

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058005595

ABSTRACT:
A femoral hip component for use in hip arthroplasty has a stem portion for contact with bone cement. The stem portion is formed from a biocompatible material having a surface finish of less than about four microinches. This surface is coated with a uniform layer of material selected from the group consisting of diamond-like carbon, chromium carbide, titanium nitride, titanium carbo-nitride, chromium and zirconium and a combination thereof.

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patent: 5082359 (1992-01-01), Kirkpatrick
patent: 5152794 (1992-10-01), Davidson
patent: 5171275 (1992-12-01), Ling et al.
patent: 5593452 (1997-01-01), Higham et al.

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