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US 12,594,167 B2Granted
Hip implant system
AssigneesAesculap AG, IHI Ionbond AG
InventorsChristian Bader, Janine Fechter, Jens Schneider
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Abstract
A hip implant system includes an artificial acetabular cup and an artificial acetabular liner. The liner includes or consists of a metal or an alloy, and is coated at least in sections with a ceramic coating.
Claims15
A hip implant system comprising:
- an artificial acetabular cup;
- and
- an artificial acetabular liner comprising a metal or an alloy,
- wherein the artificial acetabular liner is coated at least in sections with a ceramic coating, and
- wherein the ceramic coating is formed as a multilayer layer system in which a first chromium nitride layer is covered by a first chromium carbonitride layer, the first chromium carbonitride layer is covered by a second chromium nitride layer, the second chromium nitride layer is covered by a second chromium carbonitride layer, the second chromium carbonitride layer is covered by a third chromium nitride layer, the third chromium nitride layer is covered by a chromium zirconium nitride layer and the chromium zirconium nitride layer is covered by a zirconium nitride layer.
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A hip implant system comprising:
- an artificial acetabular cup;
- and
- an artificial acetabular liner comprising a metal or an alloy,
- wherein the artificial acetabular liner is coated at least in sections with a ceramic coating,
- wherein the ceramic coating comprises three chromium nitride layers, two chromium carbonitride layers, one chromium zirconium nitride layer and one zirconium nitride layer, and
- wherein one of the chromium nitride layers is formed directly on the artificial acetabular liner.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.