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US 8,465,790 B2Granted
Metallic implant and process for treating a metallic implant
AssigneeAstraZeneca AB
InventorsJan Eirik Ellingsen, Gunnar Rölla
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Abstract
A process for treating a metallic implant consisting essentially of treating the metallic implant with a solution of hydrofluoric acid, which solution has a pH between 1.6 and 3.0.
Claims7
A process of treating a bone implant of titanium or a titanium alloy consisting essentially of:
- treating the metallic bone implant using an aqueous solution of hydrofluoric acid at room temperature for a period of between 10 seconds and 2 minutes in which the concentration of hydrofluoric acid is about 0.2% to about 0.5%.
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