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Metallic implant anchorable to bone tissue for replacing a broken or diseased bone
Assignee: Straumann Holding AG
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Filing: 1992-08-17
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Granted: 1995-10-10
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Expires: 2012-08-17
Abstract
Abstract The prevailing opinion, supported by observations, has been in the art, that any implant of titanium or of another similar material is to have a contact surface roughness of more than 20 μm to yield a good bond between bone and implant. The present invention is based upon the recognition, that the bond between bone and implant may be substantially improved by providing the contact surface of the implant with a micro-roughness of 2 μm or less. According to the method of the invention such micro-roughness can be readily produced by subjecting the contact surface to pickling in a reducing acid.
Inventors
- 👤 Samuel G. Steinemann
- 👤 Lutz Claes
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 00:35
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/30; A61F2/30767; A61L; A61L31/00; A61L31/02; A61L31/022; A61L31/14; C; C23; C23F; C23F1/00; C23F1/10; C23F1/14; C23F1/16; C23F1/26; A61C; A61C8/00; A61C8/0018; A61C8/0037; A61C2008/0046; A61F2/3094; A61F2/30771; A61F2002/30838; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00005; A61F2310/00011; A61F2310/00023; A61F2310/00035; A61F2310/00089; A61F2310/00095; A61F2310/00131; A61L2400/00; A61L2400/18; A61L2430/00; A61L2430/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
58 words
A metallic implant to be applied to a human or animal bone, comprising a porous metallic biocompatible surface, treated with a reducing acid to be provided with micro-roughness having a maximum peak-to-valley height R t greater than 10 μm and roughness spacing RS less than 10 μm, to come into contact with the bone and to intergrow therewith.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
58 words
A metallic implant to be applied to a human or animal bone, comprising a porous metallic biocompatible surface, treated with a reducing acid to be provided with micro-roughness having a maximum peak-to-valley height R t greater than 10 μm and roughness spacing RS less than 10 μm, to come into contact with the bone and to intergrow therewith.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The metallic implant claimed in claim 1, wherein the R t of the micro-roughness is greater than 20 μm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The metallic implant claimed in claim 1, wherein the R t of the micro-roughness is about 20 to 30 μm and the RS is about 1 to 5 μm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The metallic implant claimed in claim 1, wherein the implant is composed of titanium metal or an alloy based on titanium.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The metallic implant claimed in claim 1, wherein the implant is composed of a metal selected from the group consisting of zirconium, niobium, tantalum or an alloy having zirconium, niobium or tantalum as its main component.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
68 words
A metallic implant to be applied to a human or animal bone comprising a porous metallic biocompatible surface to come into contact with the bone and to intergrow therewith, wherein the contact surface is provided with micro-roughness and a fine pitting is superimposed on the micro-roughness so as to have a maximum peak-to-valley height R t greater than 10 μm and roughness spacing RS less than 10 μm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
68 words
A metallic implant to be applied to a human or animal bone comprising a porous metallic biocompatible surface to come into contact with the bone and to intergrow therewith, wherein the contact surface is provided with micro-roughness and a fine pitting is superimposed on the micro-roughness so as to have a maximum peak-to-valley height R t greater than 10 μm and roughness spacing RS less than 10 μm.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The metallic implant claimed in claim 6, wherein the average diameter of the pits superimposed on the microroughness is 2 μm or less.
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