Patent ID: 9168141
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A61F,A61L,C25D

Abstract:
1. A method for preparing a medical prosthetic device or medical implant, said method comprising: subjecting surface parts of a metal material selected from the group consisting of titanium or an alloy thereof, zirconium or an alloy thereof, tantalum or an alloy thereof, hafnium or an alloy thereof, niobium or an alloy thereof and a chromium-vanadium alloy to an electrolysis treatment in the presence of one or more biomolecule(s), said metal material constituting a cathode during said electrolysis, in which method a layer of a corresponding hydride material selected from the group consisting of titanium hydride, zirconium hydride, tantalum hydride, hafnium hydride, niobium hydride and chromium and/or vanadium hydride is formed on said surface parts and the biomolecule(s) become associated with the hydride material, wherein the one or more biomolecule(s) is not collagen.