US Patent Issued to Medacta International on April 21 for "Metal substrate with antibacterial and osteointegrative properties for implantology applications" (Italian, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,487, issued on April 21, was assigned to Medacta International SA (Castel San Pietro, Switzerland).

"Metal substrate with antibacterial and osteointegrative properties for implantology applications" was invented by Roberto Chiesa (Como, Italy), Lia Rimondini (Bologna, Italy), Francesco Siccardi (Morcote, Switzerland), Angelo De Lollis (Como, Italy) and Matteo Parravicini (Como, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a substrate of a metal, preferably titanium or a titanium alloy, having at least one surface coated with an oxide layer of the metal itself, said surface being modified and enriched with Ca...