Patents Assigned to Terolab Services-SNMC
  • Product for covering a prosthesis
    Patent number: 5911760
    Abstract: The product for covering a prosthesis (1) includes calcium carbonate (CaCO.sub.3), preferably in the form of calcite and smaller amounts of aragonite, and lime, mainly quick lime (CaO). The product is the result of thermal transformation of a substance containing calcite and/or argonite and/or quick lime or hydrated lime. The thermal transformation is carried out by thermal sputtering using a plasma torch in which the substance is injected in powder form into a plasma jet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1999
    Assignee: Terolab Services-SNMC
    Inventors: Michel Lahille, Mourad Ben-Mokhtar