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Process for making bioactive coatings on osseous prostheses, and prostheses thus obtained

Assignee: Safran Aircraft Engines SAS
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Filing: 1986-11-12
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Granted: 1987-11-10
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Expires: 2006-11-12
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Abstract

Abstract The present invention relates to a process for making bioactive coatings on osseous prostheses, wherein a mist of particles containing calcium ions and orthophosphate ions is made from solutions and said mist is brought into contact with a substrate (notably an implant) made of inert material under such operational conditions that a hydroxyapatite coating is formed by reaction on the hot surface of said inert substrate, said process being characterized by the fact that the operating conditions to make the deposit are selected so that a liquid film forms on the hot surface of said substrate during the deposition.

Inventors

  • 👤 Bernard Buttazzoni
  • 👤 Philippe Leseur
  • 👤 Jacques Thebault
  • 👤 Georges Constant, deceased

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 17:33
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L27/00; A61L27/28; A61L27/30; A61L27/32; A61F; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00389; A61F2310/00592; A61F2310/00796; A61L2430/00; A61L2430/02

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 170 words
Process for making, on osseous prostheses substrates, bioactive coatings based on calcium-deficient hydroxyapatites having a Ca/ P ratio higher than 1.2, said process comprising the steps of forming, from aqueous solutions of dibasic calcium phosphate, a mist of droplets containing calcium ions and orthophosphate ions and bringing said mist into contact with the substrate made in an inert material appropriately heated, said process comprising the steps of: (1) placing an osseous prosthesis substrate made of an inert material on a support; (2) heating said support to between 250° and 500° C.; (3) atomizirgon said substrate a saturated aqueous solution of a dibasic calcium phosphate maintained at a temperature between 5° and 30° C., said solution being carried by air or by an inert atomizing gas under the form of a mist of droplets in such conditions that, for one cm2 of the substrate to be coated, the flow rate of the atomizing gas is higher than 4.5 l/min and the flow rate of the so-ution is higher than 200 ml/hr.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 170 words
Process for making, on osseous prostheses substrates, bioactive coatings based on calcium-deficient hydroxyapatites having a Ca/ P ratio higher than 1.2, said process comprising the steps of forming, from aqueous solutions of dibasic calcium phosphate, a mist of droplets containing calcium ions and orthophosphate ions and bringing said mist into contact with the substrate made in an inert material appropriately heated, said process comprising the steps of: (1) placing an osseous prosthesis substrate made of an inert material on a support; (2) heating said support to between 250° and 500° C.; (3) atomizirgon said substrate a saturated aqueous solution of a dibasic calcium phosphate maintained at a temperature between 5° and 30° C., said solution being carried by air or by an inert atomizing gas under the form of a mist of droplets in such conditions that, for one cm2 of the substrate to be coated, the flow rate of the atomizing gas is higher than 4.5 l/min and the flow rate of the so-ution is higher than 200 ml/hr.

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