US 6,743,513 B2Granted

Tape cast multi-layer ceramic/metal composites

AssigneeUSBiomaterials Corporation

InventorsJohn J. Mechlosky, Jr., Zheng Chen, Daniel Clupper

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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.

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Dependent claims

A bioactive composite materiel comprising an outer layer of bloactive 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 is in the form of a tape.

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Application: 09/956,226Filed 20 Sep 2001 · continuation
Priority: 19 Dec 1997
Published: US 2002/0037416 A128 Mar 2002
Granted: 1 Jun 2004
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification24 codes

B32B 15/04
Layered products comprising a layer of metal: comprising metal as the main or only constituent of a layer, which is next to another layer of the…
A61F 2/06
Hollow or tubular parts of organs, e.g. bladders, tracheae, bronchi or bile ducts: blood vessels
A61F 2/28
Prostheses implantable into the body: bones
A61L 27/025
Inorganic materials: other specific inorganic materials not covered by A61L27/04 - A61L27/12

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Application60/068,174Us provisional application · filed 19 Dec 1997
Application09/216,510Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Dec 1998
US 2002/0037416 A1Pre-grant publication · published 28 Mar 2002
US 6,306,925 B1Parent of this continuation
US 6,743,513 B2This patent

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