Composite prosthetic device with porous polymeric coating
CA 1057902 A · Owner: Glasrock Products · Inventors: Sauer, Barry W.
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The invention is an improvement in a prosthetic device of the type that is a composite of a first material adapted to be strong enough to withstand the wear and stress exerted on the prosthetic device and a second material in the form of a coating fixed to the first material over a substantial portion of the outer surface of the prosthetic device that engages the bone to which the prosthetic device is attached. The coating is adapted to allow adjacent human tissue to grow therein. The improvement comprises the coating being at least 1 mm. thick and formed of a porous polymeric material that includes a network of tortuously connected pores throughout its volume. The average pore diameter of …
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- Granted July 10, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 10, 1996.
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