Claims
- 1. A metallic substrate with a surface being of a biocompatible metal or alloy adapted for reception thereon of a ceramic coating comprising:
- an intermediate coating on said surface of aspherical metallic powder in a size range of approximately 35 microns to 178 microns applied thereon up to a thickness of approximately 200 microns in such a manner that a resulting surface of said substrate after a heat treatment process is substantially non-porous and exhibits a surface roughness defined by a peak to valley variation up to approximately 200 microns.
- 2. A metallic substrate as set forth in claim 1 wherein said aspherical metallic powder is of the same metal or alloy as that of said surface.
- 3. A metallic substrate as set forth in claim 1 wherein said aspherical metallic powder is of a biocompatible metal or alloy different from said metal or alloy of said surface.
- 4. A metallic substrate as set forth in claim 1 including a prosthetic implant having a mounting member with said surface thereon.
- 5. A metallic prosthetic implant being of a biocompatible metal or alloy comprising a mounting member for implantation in a bone, to which said mounting member has been applied a coating on the surface thereof of aspherical metallic powder in a size range of approximately 35 microns to 178 microns up to a thickness of approximately 200 microns in such a manner that a resulting surface of said mounting member after a heat treatment process is substantially non-porous and exhibits a surface roughness defined by a peak to valley variation up to approximately 200 microns.
- 6. A metallic prosthetic implant as set forth in claim 5 wherein said aspherical metallic powder is of the same metal or alloy as that of said surface.
- 7. A metallic prosthetic implant as set forth in claim 5 wherein said aspherical metallic powder is of a biocompatible material different from said metal or alloy of said surface.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/323,361, filed on Oct. 14, 1994, now abandoned, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/074,388, filed on Jun. 10, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,368,881.
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