Ceramic composite material for producing porous surface layers of implantable bone and teeth substitutes

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A ceramic composite material comprise a substantially homogeneous mixture containing a ceramic base substance and inorganic fibers in an amount of up to about 2 weight % base on the ceramic base substance in unprocessed powder form the, inorganic fibers having a thickness of not mere than about 600 µ and a melting temperature higher than the sintering temperature of the ceramic base substance; the fibers and base substance are selected such that the base substance in its molten conditions does not dissolve the fibers. The ceramic composite material of the invention is suitable for the direct production of porous surface layer of prosthetic elements which are at least partially implantable …