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US 2014/0277571 A1Published application
Implants with wear resistant coatings and methods
AssigneeIHI Ionbond AG
InventorsMaria Pettersson, Håkan Engqvist, Johanna Olofsson, Lars Hultman
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Abstract
An implant comprises a substrate and a coating on a surface of the substrate, and the coating comprises silicon nitride and has a thickness of from about 1 to about 15 micrometer. A method of providing the implant comprises coating a surface of the implant substrate with the coating comprising silicon nitride and having a thickness of from about 1 to about 15 micrometer by physical vapour deposition.
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An implant comprising a substrate and a coating on a surface of the substrate, the coating comprising silicon nitride and having a thickness of from about 1 to about 15 micrometer.
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