Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spinal fixation rod made of titanium alloy
- Patent Title (中): 脊椎固定杆由钛合金制成
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Application No.: US13850913Application Date: 2013-03-26
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Publication No.: US09034017B2Publication Date: 2015-05-19
- Inventor: Mitsuo Niinomi , Masaaki Nakai , Kengo Narita
- Applicant: Mitsuo Niinomi , Masaaki Nakai , Kengo Narita
- Applicant Address: JP Aichi-ken JP Miyagi-ken
- Assignee: Showa-Ika Kogyo Co. Ltd.,National University Corporation Tohoku University
- Current Assignee: Showa-Ika Kogyo Co. Ltd.,National University Corporation Tohoku University
- Current Assignee Address: JP Aichi-ken JP Miyagi-ken
- Agency: Osha Liang LLP
- Priority: JP2010-132886 20100610
- Main IPC: A61B17/70
- IPC: A61B17/70 ; C22F1/18 ; C22C14/00 ; A61L31/02

Abstract:
A spinal fixation titanium alloy rod fixes a plurality of spinal-fixing screws embedded and fixed in vertebrae of a human body. The rod is cylindrically shaped, has a sufficient length for coupling with the spinal-fixing screws, and has a diameter adjusted to 4 to 7 mm. In the titanium alloy constituting the rod, Nb content is 25 to 35 percent by weight, Ta content is such that the Nb content +0.8×Ta content ranges from 36 to 45 percent by weight, Zr content is 3 to 6 percent by weight, and the remainder is Ti and unavoidable impurities, excluding vanadium. The titanium alloy is manufactured by swaging processing at a cross-sectional reduction rate of at least 90%, and aging the swaged titanium alloy by heating at a temperature of 600 to 800K, preferably 700 to 800K, for 43.2 ks to 604.8 ks.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130213535A1 SPINAL FIXATION ROD MADE OF TITANIUM ALLOY Public/Granted day:2013-08-22
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