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Implant with composite coating

  • US 7,445,640 B2
  • Filed: 01/10/2006
  • Issued: 11/04/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An osteoconductive process comprising:

  • providing an implant comprising;

    a substrate;

    a structured surface formed on at least a portion of the substrate, the structured surface being of the same material as the substrate; and

    a biocompatible coating deposited by a selected one of (i) arc evaporation physical vapor deposition and (ii) chemical vapor deposition on at least a fraction of the structured surface, the coating being softer and more biocompatible than the substrate and the structured surface;

    testing for the presence of high adhesion between the coating and the structured surface; and

    contacting a bone under in vivo conditions with the implant.

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