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US 2004/0167313 A1Published application
Prosthetic device having a polyaryletherketone component with enhanced wettability and method for making the same
AssigneeDePuy Products, Inc.
InventorRichard King
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Abstract
A prosthetic device having a polyaryletherketone component with a wettable surface is disclosed. The surface of the polyaryletherketone component has a surface chemistry which enhances the ability of tissues to grow directly thereon. An associated method for enhancing the wettability of a prosthetic device is also disclosed.
Claims16
A prosthetic device, comprising:
- a polyaryletherketone component, wherein said polyaryletherketone component has a surface, and said surface has an tissuegenically effective amount of sulfonation thereon.
A prosthetic arrangement for implanting in the body of a patient, comprising:
- an orthopedic implant device having a polyaryletherketone component, wherein said polyaryletherketone component has a surface, and said surface has an tissuegenically effective amount of sulfonation thereon.
An orthopedic device, comprising:
- a polyaryletherketone component, wherein said polyaryletherketone component has a surface, and said surface has an tissuegenically effective amount of sulfonation thereon.
A prosthetic device having a polyaryletherketone component prepared by subjecting said polyaryletherketone component to a sulfonation reaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.