Patent ID: 7387846
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L,C25D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An article comprising a substrate, the substrate having deposited thereon a second coating, said second coating comprising a mixture of a calcium phosphate compound and chitosan and said second coating having been deposited electrolytically on said substrate, wherein said substrate is the cathode in said electrolytic deposition; wherein the substrate is selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, tin, cobalt, aluminum, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, titanium vanadium aluminum alloys, cobalt chromium molybdenum alloys, and combinations thereof; and wherein the substrate is coated with a first coating selected from the group consisting of carbon and nitride prior to said electrolytic deposition.