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US 2010/0076566 A1Published application
Metal/alloy coated ceramic
AssigneeSignal Medical Corporation
InventorsLouis A. Serafin, JR., Lee Allen Stouse, Leo A. Whiteside, Nicholas H. Burlingame
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Abstract
Ceramic surface can be coated with a metal or metal alloy and have extraordinary holding power between the surface and coating. For example, MgTTZ can be coated with CPT and may have a static shear strength for the coated surface of at least about 2,000 or 3,000 or 5,000 or 7,000 pounds or greater. The coated ceramic may be a prosthetic surgical load bearing implant.
Claims20
A coated ceramic comprising a fired ceramic body having a receiving surface that can serve as a substrate for a metal or matal alloy coating;
- and, on at least part of the receiving surface, the metal or metal alloy coating, wherein:
- the fired ceramic body is a zirconia ceramic;
- the metal or metal alloy coating is from a metal or metal alloy other than by tantalum vapor deposition;
- and
- the coated ceramic has a static shear strength between the receiving surface of the ceramic body and the metal or metal alloy coating thereon of at least about 2,000 pounds.
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