Tape cast multi-layer ceramic/metal composites
AssigneeUSBiomaterials Corporation
InventorsDaniel Clupper, John J. Mechlosky, Jr., Zheng Chen
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Abstract
The invention described herein is a bioactive composite material comprising thin layers of bioactive glass reinforced with thin ductile metallic layers, and the use of this material in bone replacement procedures.
Claims12
A bioactive composite material comprising an outer layer of bioactive, glass, an interlayer, and a layer of ductile metal, the interlayer being intermediate to the outer layer of bioactive glass and the layer of metal, wherein the composite material has a second layer of ductile metal.
A bioactive composite material comprising bioactive glass reinforced with at least two ductile, metallic layers.
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