Inventors:
Robert J. Akins - La Mesa CA
Victor Slivenko - San Diego CA
Assignee:
General Atomic Company - San Diego CA
International Classification:
A61F 124
Abstract:
Pyrolytic carbon artificial socket prostheses for permanent or prolonged implantation in a living body, and methods for making such prostheses. The prostheses comprise a suitably shaped socket element substrate having a hemispherical socket cup, a compression-loaded hemispherical carbon shell mounted in said cup, and a vapor deposited carbon coating (including carbon-carbon alloys) on the substrate-carbon shell assembly.