A medical prosthetic device or medical 
implant containing a 
metal material (A) selected from the group consisting of 
titanium or an 
alloy thereof, 
zirconium or an 
alloy thereof, 
tantalum or an 
alloy thereof, 
hafnium or an alloy thereof, 
niobium or an alloy thereof and a 
chromium-
vanadium alloy, wherein surface parts of the 
metal material (A) are coated with a layer of a corresponding 
hydride material (B) selected from 
titanium hydride, 
zirconium hydride, 
tantalum hydride, 
hafnium hydride, 
niobium hydride and 
chromium and / or 
vanadium hydride, respectively, said device or 
implant being characterised in that the layer of hydride material (B) comprises one or more 
biomolecule substances (C) associated therewith. The device or 
implant exhibits improved 
biocompatibility. The 
metal material (A) is preferably 
titanium. The 
biomolecule substance (C) may be selected from the following types of substances: Natural or recombinant bio-adhesives; natural or recombinant 
cell attachment factors; natural, recombinant or synthetic biopolymers; natural or recombinant 
blood proteins; natural or recombinant enzymes; natural or recombinant 
extracellular matrix proteins; natural or synthetic 
extracellular matrix biomolecules; natural or recombinant growth factors and hormones; natural, recombinant or synthetic 
peptide hormones; natural, recombinant or synthetic deoxyribonucleic acids; natural, recombinant or synthetic ribonucleic acids; natural or recombinant receptors; 
enzyme inhibitors; drugs; biologically active anions and cations; vitamins; 
adenosine monophosphate (AMP), 
adenosine diphosphate (ADP) or 
adenosine triphosphate (A TP); marker biomolecules; amino acids; fatty acids; nucleotides (
RNA and 
DNA bases); and sugars.