Patent ID: 9119906
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A61F,A61L

Abstract:
1. A biodegradable medical implant comprising (a) from 5 to 100% by weight or volume of a biodegradable metallic material selected from the group consisting of Fe and Zn and (b) from 95 to 0% by weight or volume of a biodegradable polymeric material; where from 5 to 100% of the metallic material has a crystalline microstructure with an average grain size ranging from 2 nm to 500 nm and/or an amorphous microstructure; said biodegradable medical implant having a thickness ranging from 5 μm to 2.5 cm and said thickness being such that the biodegradable medical implant degrades entirely in vivo in a time ranging from one month to twelve months.