Patents Assigned to Numat AS
  • CONSENSUS PEPTIDE
    Publication number: 20100172949
    Abstract: The present invention relates to artificial peptides optimized for the induction and/or stimulation of mineralization and/or biomineralization. The invention also relates to the use of these artificial peptides for the induction and/or stimulation of mineralization and/or biomineralization in vivo and in vitro.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: NUMAT AS
    Inventors: Stale Petter Lyngstadaas, Jan Eirik Ellingsen
  • MEDICAL CLEANING TOOL
    Publication number: 20100163073
    Abstract: A medical cleaning tool (1) having an elongated base member (2) formed of at least two wires (3) being twisted with each other. In addition, the medical cleaning tool has a plurality of bristles (4) fixed between the twisted wires and extending away from the twisted wires, whereby the bristles are positioned in a cleaning section (5) at a first end (6) of the base member (2). The bristles are titanium or a titanium alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: NUMAT AS
    Inventors: Staale Petter Lyngstadaas, Jan Eirik Ellingsen, Johan Caspar Wohlfahrt
  • METAL OXIDE SCAFFOLDS
    Publication number: 20100016989
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a metal oxide scaffold comprising titanium oxide. The scaffolds of the invention are useful for implantation into a subject for tissue regeneration and for providing a framework for cell growth and stabilization to the regenerating tissue. The invention also relates to methods for producing such metal oxide scaffolds and their uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: NUMAT AS
    Inventors: Stale Petter Lyngstadaas, Havard Jostein Haugen, Jan Eirik Ellingsen
  • Medical prosthetic devices having improved biocompatibility
    Patent number: 7410502
    Abstract: The invention relates to a medical prosthetic device having a metal material, such as titanium or an alloy thereof, where the surface parts of the metal material are coated with a layer of a corresponding hydroxide material, such as titanium hydroxide. Preferably, the hydroxide layer includes one or more biomolecule substances associated therewith. The invention also relates to an electrolytic process for the preparation of a medical prosthetic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Numat AS
    Inventors: Jan Eirik Ellingsen, Staale Petter Lyngstadaas