Title:
CERAMIC COATED MEDICAL INSTRUMENT AND MEDICAL APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2006122435
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To exclude harmful effects on living tissue by the use of medical instruments such as a pace maker, a stent, a catheter, an artificial bone, an artificial joint or an artificial tooth.
The metallic medical instrument at least partially embedded or inserted in the living body is surface coated with an insulating ceramic film with resistivity, ρ≥105Ω×m, at least for the portion in direct contact with the living body.
Inventors:
IGUCHI MASAO
Application Number:
JP2004315987A
Publication Date:
May 18, 2006
Filing Date:
October 29, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
JFE STEEL KK
International Classes:
A61B17/34; A61B5/15; A61B5/151; A61C13/00; A61F2/28; A61F2/30; A61L27/00; A61L29/00; A61L31/00; A61M5/158; A61M25/00; A61M29/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kosaku Sugimura
Kazuaki Takami
Hiroshi Tokunaga
Yoshiyuki Iwasa
Shiro Fujitani
Kiyoshi Kuruma
Kazuyuki Tomita
Kazuaki Takami
Hiroshi Tokunaga
Yoshiyuki Iwasa
Shiro Fujitani
Kiyoshi Kuruma
Kazuyuki Tomita