KOMPOSIT-KERAMISCHES MATERIAL UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG

摘要

PCT No. PCT/SE90/00207 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 15, 1991 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 15, 1991 PCT Filed Mar. 30, 1990.The present invention relates to a method to manufacture a composite ceramic material having a high strength combined with bioactive properties, when the material is used as a dental or orthopedic implant, which includes preparing a powder mixture, mainly comprising partly a first powder, which in its used chemical state will constitute a bioinert matrix in the finished material , and partly a second powder, mainly comprising a calcium phosphate-based material. The invention is characterized in that said first powder comprises at least one of the oxides belonging to the group consisting of titanium dioxide (TiO2), zirconium oxide (ZrO2) and aluminum oxide (Al2O3), in that said second powder mainly comprises at least one of the compounds hydroxylapatite and tricalcium phosphate, in that a raw compact is made of said powder mixture and in that said raw compact is densified through an isostatic pressing in a hot condition (HIP) at a pressure higher than 50 MPa, a composite material being obtained, in which said matrix comprises one or several metal oxides of said first powder, in which matrix said compound hydroxylapatite and/or tricalcium phosphate is evenly dispersed. The invention also relates to a composite ceramic material as well as a body, completely or partially made of this material.