Amedica earned a U.S. patent for "Ceramic and/or glass materials and related methods."
Here are five highlights.
1. The patent includes methods for enhancing the antibacterial, osteoconductive and osteoinductive characteristics of silicon nitride.
2. Amedica is focused on improving these characteristics of silicon nitride and other ceramic materials for biomedical implant manufacturing.
3. The company is engineering the surface chemistry of silicon nitride via thermal, chemical and mechanical treatments.
4. Amedica reports this patent has sparked interest among companies in the spine space looking to partner.
5. The company has 59 U.S. and six foreign patents.