Owner Smith & Nephew Inc.

Inventors Hunter, Gordon; Pawar, Vivek

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2004299476

PCT Pub. Number WO2005/058592

Priority 10/737,568 16.12.03 US

Filing date 16 December 2004

Wipo publication date 30 June 2005

Acceptance publication date 21 July 2011

A61F 2/00 (2006.01) Filters

A61F 2/02 (2006.01) Filters - Prostheses implantable into the body

A61F 2/28 (2006.01) Filters - Bones

A61F 2/30 (2006.01) Filters - Joints

A61L 27/02 (2006.01) Materials for prostheses or for coating prostheses

A61L 27/30 (2006.01) Materials for prostheses or for coating prostheses

A61L 27/56 (2006.01) Materials for prostheses or for coating prostheses

B05D 5/00 (2006.01) Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces to obtain special surface effects, finishes or structures

B32B 3/26 (2006.01) Layered products essentially comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form - characterised by a particular shape of the outline of the cross-section of a continuous layer

C23C 4/00 (2006.01) Coating by spraying the coating material in the molten state, e.g. by flame, plasma or electric discharge

C23C 4/10 (2006.01) Coating by spraying the coating material in the molten state, e.g. by flame, plasma or electric discharge - Oxides, borides, carbides, nitrides, silicides or mixtures thereof

A61F 2/32 (2006.01) Filters - for the hip

A61F 2/38 (2006.01) Filters - for elbows or knees

A61F 2/44 (2006.01) Filters - for the spine, e.g. vertebrae, spinal discs