Accession Number:

ADD002281

Title:

Sputtering of Bone on Prostheses.

Descriptive Note:

Patent,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Shaw,Bevil J.
• Miller,Richard P.

Report Date:

1975-11-11

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

The patent discloses a system of coating prostheses with ground bone particles. Prostheses made of various metals and other substances are coated using rf sputtering techniques to form a film which adheres to the device, stimulates living bone attachment thereto and which is ultimately replaced by new bone. Beef cattle bone material, some ground to 125 mesh and the remainder in chunks, has been successfully used in one embodiment as the coating applied by the rf sputtering process.

Descriptors:

• *Patents
• *Prosthetics
• *Bones
• Metals
• Films
• Coatings

Subject Categories:

• Medical Facilities, Equipment and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE