	US 12,156,779 B2
	Abutment
Simon Berner, Suhr (CH)
Assigned to STRAUMANN HOLDING AG, Basel (CH)
Filed by STRAUMANN HOLDING AG, Basel (CH)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/348,472.
Application 17/348,472 is a continuation of application No. 14/896,569, abandoned, previously published as PCT/EP2014/001549, filed on Jun. 6, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. 13002955 (EP), filed on Jun. 7, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0307880 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C23C 22/06 (2006.01); A61C 8/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); C23C 22/77 (2006.01); C23C 22/78 (2006.01); C25D 3/54 (2006.01); C25D 5/34 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01)

CPC A61C 8/0015 (2013.01) [A61C 8/005 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); C23C 22/06 (2013.01); C23C 22/77 (2013.01); C23C 22/78 (2013.01); C25D 3/54 (2013.01); C25D 5/34 (2013.01); A61L 2400/12 (2013.01); A61L 2430/12 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A process for providing sites of improved protein adherence on an abutment basic body of an abutment for a dental implant system for connecting a dental implant and a suprastructure, the process comprising:

growing nanostructures that extend in at least two dimensions to 200 nm at most on an outer surface of the abutment basic body by storing the abutment basic body in an aqueous solution for at least one month.