Patent ID: 11970600
Assignee: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC C  A | IPC A  C

Claim 10:
11. The wear resistant medical implant of claim 10, wherein the HTM cycle comprises steps of:
heating said crosslinked and consolidated preform to a target temperature of 275° C. and holding for a target duration of 4 h;
heating said crosslinked and consolidated preform to a target temperature of 295° C. and holding for a target duration of 8 h;
cooling said crosslinked and consolidated preform to a target temperature of 275° C. and holding for a target duration of 43 h;
cooling said crosslinked and consolidated preform to a target temperature of 130° C. and holding for a target duration of 5 h;
cooling said crosslinked and consolidated preform to a target temperature of 115° C. and holding for a target duration of 5 h;
cooling said crosslinked and consolidated preform to a target temperature of 105° C. and holding for a target duration of 5 h;
cooling said crosslinked and consolidated preform to a target temperature of 40° C. and holding for a target duration of 2 h; and
wherein a temperature of any one of the steps can be 5° C. above or below the target temperatures and a holding duration of any one of the steps can be half hour longer or shorter of said target durations.