| abstract |
The invention relates to an open-cell biocompatible coating for an implant, said coating being disposed on top of a raw surface of the implant. Pores of the open-cell coating are joined so as to form a coherent pore network while the coating is provided with an inner surface of >0.6 µm/µm<SUP>2</SUP>, preferably >0.035 µm/µm<SUP>2</SUP>, most preferably =0.025 µm/µm<SUP>2</SUP>, image-analytically measured as a 2D boundary line per surface unit in a metallographic section, magnified one hundredfold. The invention further relates to methods for producing such a coating, an implant coated therewith, and possible uses of the coating. |