Implant and method for production thereof
AssigneeBIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG
InventorsUllrich Bayer, Bernd Block, Baerbel Becher, Daniel Lootz
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Abstract
An implant, in particular an intraluminal endoprosthesis, or a semi-finished part for an implant, having a hollow cylindrical body, wherein the body includes magnesium, and the body is enriched with gallium or a gallium alloy in a region close to a surface.
Claims10
An intraluminal endoprosthesis comprising a body that comprises a WE 43 magnesium alloy characterized as 4%, Y, 2%, Nd, 0.5% Gd, 0.5% Dy, 0.5% Zr, and a remainder Mg, and the body is enriched with a gallium alloy in a region close to a surface.
An intraluminal endoprosthesis comprising a body that comprises magnesium, and the body is enriched with a gallium alloy in a region close to a surface.
An implant, in particular an intraluminal endoprosthesis, comprising a body that comprises magnesium, and the body is enriched with a gallium alloy in a region close to a surface, wherein the gallium alloy comprises indium, tin and 65 to 95% gallium.
An implant, in particular an intraluminal endoprosthesis that comprises magnesium, and the body is enriched with gallium or a gallium alloy in a region close to a surface, wherein the region close to the surface comprises a depth of up to 40 μm from the surface.
An intraluminal endoprosthesis comprising a body that comprises magnesium, and the body is enriched with a gallium alloy in a region close to a surface, the gallium alloy comprising 65 to 95% gallium.
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