SINTX TECHNOLOGIES PROVIDES UPDATES ON PATENT FILINGS
September 09 2019 - 7:00AM
SINTX Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SINT) (the “Company”), an OEM
ceramics company that develops and commercializes silicon nitride
for medical and non-medical applications, today provided an update
on its patent portfolio.
The Company announced the provisional filing of
a new patent titled “Methods of Surface Functionalization of
Zirconia-Toughened Alumina with Silicon Nitride.” “This innovation
expands the scope of our technology yet further, by enabling the
surface transformation of zirconia-toughened alumina (ZTA), a
material widely used in hip replacements worldwide,” said Dr. Sonny
Bal, Chairman of SINTX Technologies. “ZTA has proven durability as
a weight-bearing implant for decades, but its surface chemistry
precludes bone healing. By 3-D laser-patterning silicon nitride
into microscopic surface wells on ZTA, we combined the best
properties of two different ceramics into one composite structure.
A parallel project is targeting similar surface treatment of
orthopaedic titanium alloy as well, in order to add the
osteointegrative and antibacterial properties of silicon nitride to
that widely-used material. These technologies, detailed in
forthcoming publications, will expand the range of opportunities
for SINTX,” added Dr. Bal.
SINTX updated the status of its 2018 provisional
patent filing on the anti-viral properties of silicon nitride. The
provisional filing has been transitioned to Non-provisional and PCT
International Applications. The patent application relates to
breakthrough research findings that identified a new property of
proprietary silicon nitride. SINTX investigators led by Dr.
Giuseppe Pezzotti, a professor at the Kyoto Institute of Technology
(Japan) and consultant to SINTX, developed micromeritic silicon
nitride powders as well as bulk surfaces that have shown in in
vitro studies to be effective against several strains of commonly
prevalent viruses - including Influenza A virus (H1N1), the virus
responsible for the 2009 flu pandemic. As one application, thin,
transparent coatings of silicon nitride have been applied to glass,
toward developing antimicrobial solutions for the touchscreen glass
industry. Several publications over the past 12 months attest to
the scientific foundations of this work.
About SINTX Corporation
SINTX Technologies is an OEM ceramics company
that develops and commercializes silicon nitride for medical and
non-medical applications. The core strength of SINTX Technologies
is the manufacturing, research, and development of silicon nitride
ceramics for external partners. The Company presently manufactures
silicon nitride spinal implants in its FDA and ANVISA registered
and ISO 13485 certified manufacturing facility for CTL-Amedica, the
exclusive retail channel for silicon nitride spinal implants.
For more information on SINTX
Technologies or its silicon nitride material platform, please visit
www.sintx.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”) that are subject to a number of risks
and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of
the date on which they are made and reflect management’s current
estimates, projections, expectations and beliefs. There can be no
assurance that any of the anticipated results will occur on a
timely basis or at all due to certain risks and uncertainties, a
discussion of which can be found in SINTX’s Risk Factors disclosure
in its Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 11, 2019, and in SINTX’s other
filings with the SEC. SINTX disclaims any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements. SINTX undertakes no obligation to
publicly revise or update the forward-looking statements to reflect
events or circumstances that arise after the date of this
report.
Contact:SINTX Technologies
801.839.3502IR@sintx.com
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