US 11,955,321 B2
Method for handling an implant
Amnon Lam, Kibbutz Givat Oz (IL); Aviad Harhol, Tel Aviv (IL); Eliezer Fuchs, Kibbutz Megiddo (IL); and Chen Porat, Kiryat Tivon (IL)
Assigned to NOVA PLASMA LTD., Megiddo (IL)
Filed by NOVA PLASMA LTD., Megiddo (IL)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/227,934.
Application 17/227,934 is a continuation of application No. 15/572,454, granted, now 10,978,277, previously published as PCT/IL2016/050501, filed on May 11, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/300,942, filed on Feb. 29, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/239,928, filed on Oct. 11, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/159,387, filed on May 11, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0257192 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 37/32798 (2013.01) [A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); H01J 37/321 (2013.01); H01J 37/32403 (2013.01); H01J 37/32449 (2013.01); H01J 37/32568 (2013.01); H01J 37/32715 (2013.01); H01J 37/32733 (2013.01); H01J 37/32825 (2013.01); A61L 2300/406 (2013.01); A61L 2400/18 (2013.01); A61L 2430/04 (2013.01); H01J 37/32091 (2013.01); H01J 37/32348 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for preparing an implant for implantation by increasing wettability of at least a portion of an implant surface of the implant, the method comprising:
unpacking the implant from a sterile package used for storing or for shipping the implant;
after unpacking the implant, placing the implant in a plasma chamber;
generating plasma in a space adjoining the at least a portion of the implant surface, thereby rendering the portion of the implant surface hydrophilic;
removing the implant from the plasma chamber; and
implanting the implant;
wherein the acts of the method are carried out while maintaining the implant sterile.