Surgery – Means for introducing or removing material from body for... – Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
Patent
1997-03-18
1999-11-16
Padgett, Marianne
Surgery
Means for introducing or removing material from body for...
Treating material introduced into or removed from body...
427 224, 427 225, 623 1, 623 11, 623 16, 623 18, 424423, A61M 532, A61M 2500, A61F 200
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059849053
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a process of forming an antimicrobial coating on a surface of a medical implant, the coating comprising an antimicrobially effective amount of antimicrobial metal atoms incorporated into a coating of amorphous carbonaceous material.
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Padgett Marianne
Southwest Research Institute
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