Multi-functional Surface Coating of Titanium-based Implants
- 詳細技術說明
- The invention provides novel surface coatings for metallic implants to prevent periprosthetic infections after orthopedic surgery.
- *Abstract
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The invention provides novel surface coatings for metallic implants to prevent periprosthetic infections after orthopedic surgery. To achieve optimal anti-fouling and bactericidial effects of commercial metallic implants, the invention has surface polymer brushes with tightly controlled yet tunable molecular weights (thickness of coating), low-fouling side chain densities and the conformational freedom needed to be grafted from the surface. By employing significantly improved surface-initiated polymerization of low-fouling, zwitterionic polymer brushes and higher-density covalent presentation of antibiotics (e.g. vancomycin) anti-infection outcomes are optimized.The surface coatings may be prepared using highly efficient surface-initiated "living" polymerization. The design of the surface polymer brushes are highly modular, allowing independent tuning of the anti-fouling and bactericidal properties, e.g., by varying the chemical nature of the zwitterionic motif and the antibiotic agent, the chemistry through which the antibiotic agent is conjugated to the polymer side chains, the molecular weight of the polymer brushes (e.g., thickness of coating and density of respective functional motifs), and the spatial arrangement of the respective functional motifs (e.g., homopolymers, block copolymers, random copolymers) to achieve optimal and sustained anti-infection outcome for a given application.
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- Other Patent
- 國家
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- 申請號碼
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- 國家/地區
- 美國
