Quarternized titanium-nitride anti-bacterial coating for dental implants
AssigneeUniversity of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsJosephine F. Esquivel-Upshaw, Fan Ren, Patrick Carey, Arthur E. Clark, Jr., Christopher D. Batich
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for forming an anti-microbial layer on an apparatus. Also disclosed is a method for improving the anti-bacterial properties of a titanium device coated with titanium-nitride (TiN). Also disclosed is a medical apparatus comprising an anti-microbial layer prepared by the disclosed methods. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.
Claims5
A medical apparatus, comprising a titanium layer coated with a titanium nitride layer, wherein the titanium nitride layer consists of titanium nitride quaternized with a C1-C6 alkenyl bromide or C1-C6 alkyl bromide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.