Patent ID: 9433509
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. A surgically implantable device for joining any of the group consisting of phalanxes, metacarpus-phalanx and metatarsus-phalanx bones of a hand or foot in arthroplasty surgery, comprising: an inert, elastic and flexible silicone material, formed as a single piece, with a film of turbostratic pyrolytic carbon, provided, on an exterior surface of the single piece, having a thickness lower than or equal to 10 microns and formed by one or more layers each consisting of turbostratic pyrolytic carbon applied by sputtering Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD), said film being in direct contact with the inert, elastic and flexible silicone material, and said film being resistant to rubbing against a roughness of a spongy bone, and configured to remain applied to the exterior surface of the inert, elastic and flexible silicone material even after several flexion cycles of said device.