Method of doping surfaces
AssigneeEnbio Limited
InventorsJohn Gerard O'Donoghue, Donncha Haverty
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of treating an article surface. The method comprises removing a metal oxide surface from the metal substrate to expose a metal surface; and delivering particles comprising a dopant from at least one fluid jet to the metal surface to impregnate the surface of the article with the dopant. The method also comprises delivering substantially simultaneously a first set of particles comprising a dopant and a second set of particles comprising an abrasive from at least one fluid jet to a surface of an article to impregnate the surface of the article with the dopant.
Claims117
A method of treating a metal substrate, comprising:
- removing, by abrasively blasting, a metal oxide from a surface of the metal substrate to expose a metal surface;
- and
- delivering particles comprising a dopant from at least one fluid jet to the metal surface to impregnate the surface of the substrate with the dopant, wherein the metal substrate forms at least part of an implantable medical device.
A method of treating a metal substrate surface, the method comprising:
- removing, by abrasively blasting, a metal oxide from the surface of the metal substrate to expose a metal surface;
- and
- delivering substantially simultaneously a first set of particles comprising a dopant and a second set of particles comprising an abrasive from at least one fluid jet to the surface of the metal substrate to impregnate the surface of the metal with the dopant, wherein the metal substrate forms at least part of an implantable medical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.