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Patent Inventor Names
Ashok C. Khandkar0
Date of Patent
February 23, 2010
0Patent Application Number
109874150
Date Filed
November 12, 2004
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
An implantable articulating bone prosthesis (e.g., hip or joint prosthesis) is provided, which includes a pair of articulation components respectively defining a pair of articulation surfaces movably engageable with each other. Each of the articulation surfaces is formed from a biocompatible ceramic (e.g., doped silicon nitride ceramic) having a flexural strength greater than about 700 Mega-Pascal (MPa) and a toughness greater than about 7 Mega-Pascal root meter (MPam0.5).
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