Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm John P. Iwanicki
  • Method for coating medical implants
    Patent number: 6207218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for coating a medical implant, wherein the implant is submersed in an aqueous solution of magnesium, calcium and phosphate ions through which a gaseous weak acid is passed, the solution is degassed, and the coating is allowed to precipitate onto the implant. The invention further relates to a medical implant coated in said method and to a device for use in said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: IsoTis B.V.
    Inventors: Pierre Jean François Layrolle, Klaas de Groot, Joost Dick de Bruijn, Clemens A. van Blitterswijk, Yuan Huipin