US5330826A
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Preparation of ceramic-metal coatings
Assignee: Johns Hopkins University
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Filing: 1990-08-13
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Granted: 1994-07-19
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Expires: 2010-08-13
Abstract
Abstract A metal substrate, e.g. titanium, having a calcium phosphate coating, particularly hydroxylapatite, and containing a metal such as cobalt, codeposited on the substrate by electrolyzing a cobalt salt, particularly cobalt sulfate, liquid electrolyte having a calcium phosphate material, particularly hydroxylapatite, suspended therein, employing a cobalt anode and the metal substrate as cathode. The particles of cobalt so codeposited with the particles of calcium phosphate material, e.g. hydroxylapatite, hold the latter particles strongly on the substrate metal. If desired, a second coating of the pure calcium phosphate material, e.g. "hydroxylapatite", optionally can be applied over the codeposited hydroxylapatite-cobalt coating. The calcium phosphate coated metal substrate of the invention, particularly the codeposited "hydroxylapatite"-cobalt coating, on a titanium or cobalt-chromium substrate, has particular value for application as medical implants, e.g. as hip prosthetics, and for high temperature high stressed applications.
Inventors
- 👤 Timothy E. Taylor
- 👤 Clyde Riley
- 👤 William R. Lacefield, Jr.
- 👤 Harold D. Coble
- 👤 George W. Maybee
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 16:38
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61L; A61L27/00; A61L27/28; A61L27/30; A61L27/32; A61F; A61F2/00; A61F2/02; A61F2/30; A61F2/30767; A61L27/306; C; C25; C25D; C25D15/00; C25D15/02; A61F2/32; A61F2310/00; A61F2310/00005; A61F2310/00011; A61F2310/00017; A61F2310/00023; A61F2310/00029; A61F2310/00389; A61F2310/00592; A61F2310/00796; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S623/00; Y10S623/92; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12493; Y10T428/12535; Y10T428/12611; Y10T428/12771; Y10T428/12806; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24942; Y10T428/2495; Y10T428/24967; Y10T428/24975; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/263; Y10T428/264; Y10T428/265
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
An article comprising a substrate consisting essentially of a material selected from the group consisting of titanium and alloys thereof, stainless steel and cobalt-chromium alloy, containing a coating of a calcium phosphate and a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, chromium and rhodium, said coating of calcium phosphate and said metal being in the form of particles of said metal electrolytically codeposited with particles of said calcium phosphate on said substrate, the size of the calcium phosphate particles ranging from about 0.1 to about 100 microns.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
89 words
An article comprising a substrate consisting essentially of a material selected from the group consisting of titanium and alloys thereof, stainless steel and cobalt-chromium alloy, containing a coating of a calcium phosphate and a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, chromium and rhodium, said coating of calcium phosphate and said metal being in the form of particles of said metal electrolytically codeposited with particles of said calcium phosphate on said substrate, the size of the calcium phosphate particles ranging from about 0.1 to about 100 microns.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
11 words
The article of claim 1, wherein said calcium phosphate is apatite.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The article of claim 1, and including a second coating of said calcium phosphate in substantially pure form over said coating of calcium phosphate and said metal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
10 words
The article of claim 1, wherein said metal is cobalt.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The article of claim 4, said coating containing an approximately 50--50 mixture by weight of cobalt and said calcium phosphate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The article of claim 4, wherein said substrate is a cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloy and said calcium phosphate is hydroxylapatite.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
The article of claim 6, and including a second coating of substantially pure hydroxylapatite over said coating of hydroxylapatite and cobalt, the total coating thickness ranging from about 20 to about 100 microns.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
12 words
The article of claim 6, in the form of a medical implant.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The article of claim 4, and including a second coating of said calcium phosphate in substantially pure form over said coating of cobalt and said calcium phosphate.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
The article of claim 4, in the form of a medical implant.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
The article of claim 10, wherein said calcium phosphate material is hydroxylapatite.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
13 words
The article of claim 11, wherein said medical implant is a hip prosthetic.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
18 words
The article of claim 1, the thickness of said coating ranging from about 5 to about 50 microns.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
57 words
An article comprising a substrate consisting essentially of the titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V containing a coating of hydroxylapatite and cobalt, said coating of hydroxylapatite and cobalt being in the form of particles of cobalt electrolytically codeposited with particles of said hydroxylapatite on said substrate, the size of the hydroxylapatite particles ranging from about 0.1 to about 100 microns.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
57 words
An article comprising a substrate consisting essentially of the titanium alloy Ti-6Al-4V containing a coating of hydroxylapatite and cobalt, said coating of hydroxylapatite and cobalt being in the form of particles of cobalt electrolytically codeposited with particles of said hydroxylapatite on said substrate, the size of the hydroxylapatite particles ranging from about 0.1 to about 100 microns.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
33 words
The article of claim 14, and including a second coating of substantially pure hydroxylapatite over said coating of hydroxylapatite and cobalt, the total coating thickness ranging from about 20 to about 100 microns.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
12 words
The article of claim 14, in the form of a medical implant.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
56 words
An article comprising a substrate consisting essentially of a titanium alloy containing a coating of hydroxylapatite and cobalt, said coating of hydroxylapatite and cobalt being in the form of particles of cobalt electrolytically codeposited with particles of said hydroxylapatite on said substrate, the size of the hydroxylapatite particles ranging from about 0.1 to about 100 microns.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
56 words
An article comprising a substrate consisting essentially of a titanium alloy containing a coating of hydroxylapatite and cobalt, said coating of hydroxylapatite and cobalt being in the form of particles of cobalt electrolytically codeposited with particles of said hydroxylapatite on said substrate, the size of the hydroxylapatite particles ranging from about 0.1 to about 100 microns.
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