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US 8,986,369 B2Granted
Magnesium-based absorbable implants
AssigneeZorion Medical, Inc.
InventorsMark Steckel, Ioannis Pandelidis
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Abstract
A bioabsorbable implant including an elongated metallic element having an alloy including more than about 70% by weight magnesium and about 2-20% by weight lithium, and being substantially free of rare earth metals, the elongated metallic element defining at least a portion of the bioabsorbable implant, wherein the alloy defines a columnar microstructure including grains having an average grain length of at least about 1 mm, and an average grain diameter of less than about 3 mm.
Claims16
A bioabsorbable implant comprising:
- an elongated metallic element comprising an alloy including more than about 70% by weight magnesium and about 2-20% by weight lithium, and being substantially free of rare earth metals, the elongated metallic element defining at least a portion of the bioabsorbable implant;
- wherein the alloy defines a columnar microstructure including grains having an average grain length of at least about 1 mm, and an average grain diameter of less than about 3 mm.
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