Surgical implant and alloy for use in making an implant

Details Surgical implant and alloy for use in making an implant Surgical implant and alloy for use in making an implant

1975-02-24

1977-08-09

Satterfield, Walter R.

Surgery

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3 191, 128 92B, 128 92BA, 128 92BC, 128 92C, 128 92D, 32 10A, 751755, 75177, 148 115F, 148 325, A61F 124, A61B 1718, C22C 1400, C22C 1100

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ABSTRACT:
Implant for bone surgery and for dental therapeutics, comprising an alloy containing defined critical amounts of titanium and/or zirconium, and other selected elements including niobium, tantalum, chromium, molybdenum and aluminum. Dissolved gases may also be included. The alloy is free from copper, cobalt, nickel, vanadium and tin, apart from the usual impurities.

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patent: 3777346 (1973-12-01), Steinemann
Hoar, T., et al.; Corrosion-Resistant Alloys . . . for Surgical Implants, in Proc. Roy. Soc. (294) London 1966, pp. 486-510.
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Ferguson, et al.; Metal Implants in Living Tissues, in Journ. Bone & Joint Surg., 42a, Jan. 1960 pp. 77-90.

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