OPEN-PORE BIOCOMPATIBLE SURFACE LAYER FOR AN IMPLANT, METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE

摘要

The invention relates to an open-pore biocompatible surface layer for an implant, which layer is arranged over a virgin surface of the implant, wherein pores of the open-pore surface layer are connected to form a coherent pore network and the surface layer has an internal surface area of >=0.06 mum/mum2, preferably >=0.035 mum/mum2 and especially >=0.025 mum/mum2, measured by image analysis as a 2D-boundary line per unit of surface area in a metallographic microsection at 100x magnification. The invention further relates to methods of producing such a surface layer, to an implant coated therewith and to possible uses of the surface layer.