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US 2013/0282137 A1Published application
Coated implant
AssigneeDePuy Synthes Products, Inc.
InventorsCyril Voisard, Goetz Thorwarth, Markus Kraft
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Abstract
An orthopedic implant comprising a metallic substrate coated with a diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer, and a layer of a polymeric material placed over the DLC layer that is less stiff than the substrate, and methods of manufacturing the same.
Claims26
An orthopedic implant comprising a first metallic substrate with a thickness of at least 1 mm coated with
- a first diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer having a thickness of less than 10 microns;
- and
- a further layer of a polymeric material placed over said DLC layer, said polymeric material being less stiff than said substrate and having a thickness of greater than 1 mm.
An orthopedic implant comprising:
- a first bone contacting plate including:
- a first metallic substrate;
- a first DLC layer coated onto the metallic substrate;
- and
- a second bone contacting plate including:
- a second metallic substrate;
- and
- a second DLC layer coated onto the second metallic substrate;
- and
- a resilient core comprising a polymeric material applied to the first and second DLC layers so as to join the first and second bone contacting plates.
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