Dual composition coupler for modular medical implants
CA 2092210 A1 · Owner: Smith & Nephew Richards Inc. · Inventors: Davidson, James A.
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The invention provides an interpositional coupler for inserting between modules of a modular medical implant, wherein the modules are fabricated of compositions having different electrochemical potentials, to reduce or prevent the flow of a galvanic current and thereby reducing or preventing this contribution to corrosion of the prosthesis. The coupler may be of an insulative type comprising a zirconium/zirconium alloy core coated with blue-black zirconium oxide or nitride or any metal coated with amorphous diamond-like carbon. Alternatively the, coupler may be of a dual composition type with each of the compositions having essentially the same electrochemical potential as the module to …
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- Filed March 23, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 23, 2013.
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