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Titanium Metal Choice Medical
The list of benefits of titanium is long. This makes it incredibly useful for a number of different industries, including automotive, aerospace and architectural worlds. But because it resists corrosion, titanium is biocompatible and has an innate ability to join with human bone, has become a staple of the medical field, too. Of titanium surgical instruments titanium rods, nails and titanium plates, medical and dental has truly become the key material used in medicine.
Medical grade titanium
6AL4V 6AL4V ELI Titanium and alloys, in fact, 6% aluminum and 4% vanadium, are the most common types of titanium in medicine. Because of its alignment factor with the human body, these titanium alloys are widely used in medical procedures, as well as body piercing. Also known as Gr Gr 5 and 23, these are some of the best known and readily available types of titanium in the U.S., with a number of dealers specializing in these specific grades.
Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-6Al-4V ELI offers greater resistance to fracture when used in dental implants. The implantation procedure begins with the insertion of a titanium screw in the jaw. The screw looks and acts like the root of the tooth. After an allotted amount of time has passed for the bone screw has grown in medical grade titanium, a false tooth is attached to the implant.
Titanium Medical Benefits
- Strong
- Light
- Corrosion resistant
- Profitable
- Non-toxic
- Biocompatible (non-toxic and not rejected by the body)
- Long-term
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- Osseointegrated (bone union with artificial implant)
- Access to long-range
- The flexibility and elasticity that rivals human bones
Two of the major benefits of titanium is its high strength / weight ratio and corrosion resistance. Couple this with his condition is not toxic and its ability to combat corrosion of all body fluids and it is no wonder titanium has become the metal of choice in the field of medicine.
Titanium is also incredibly tough and durable. When titanium cages, rods, plates and bolts are inserted into the body, may last more than 20 years. And dental titanium such as titanium posts implants can last even longer.
Another advantage of titanium for use in medicine is its non-ferromagnetic property, which allows patients with implants Titanium safely examined with magnetic resonance NMRIs.
Osseointegration is a unique phenomenon in which the natural bone and body tissues bonds actually artificial implant. This forces the introduction of titanium dental or medical implant in place. Titanium is one of the only metal that allows this integration.
Medical Applications of Titanium
Most everyone knows someone who has required surgery to replace a hip socket in his absence, the shoulder joint or severely broken bone. It is very probable medical grade titanium was the material of choice for surgeons to reconstruct these body parts. As shown in the previous section, natural properties of titanium alloy make it ideal for use inside the body.
medical grade titanium used in the production of:
- Pins
- Bone Plates
- Screws
- Bars
- Roces
- Wires
- Posts
- expandable rib cage
- Spinal fusion cages
- Finger and toe replacements
- Maxi-facial prostheses
Some of the most common uses for titanium in the hip and knee replacement surgeries. It is also used to replace joints of shoulder and elbow and to protect following back vertebrae complicated and invasive surgery. Titanium pins are used to fix the eyes and ears false and heart valves are titanium, even competing with normal tissue valves.
Surgical Instruments Titanium
There are a number of features that make titanium an ideal choice for surgical instruments:
- It is more difficult than some steel, but lighter.
- It is a resistant bacteria.
- Once again, can be used in conjunction with the instruments emitting radiation.
- Titanium is very durable, giving the instruments increased longevity.
Because of these large estates, which is used to create a series of titanium surgical devices:
- Crowbill
- Retractors
- Crowbill
- Suture instruments
- Scissors
- Needles and micro needle holders
- Dental scalers
- Dental elevators
- Dental drills
- LASIK eye surgery equipment
- Laser electrodes
- Vena cava clips
Titanium dental
As mentioned above, titanium has the ability to merge with the living bone. This property makes it a huge benefit in the world of dentistry. Titanium implants have become the most widely accepted and the type of implant used successfully due to their propensity to osseointegrate. When bone-forming cells bind to the titanium implants, a form structural and functional between the bridge body of the bone and the newly established, a foreign object.
titanium braces are also growing in popularity. They are more stronger, safer and lighter than their steel counterparts. And, of course, the biocompatibility of medical grade titanium used in devices made even more beneficial their alloys in the competition.
Future of Bio-medical titanium
It is expected that the industry use Biomedical only continue to grow for titanium in the coming years.
About the Author
Craig Schank is Vice President of Sales and Materials for Supra Alloys, Inc., a full-service titanium supplier and processing center headquartered in Camarillo, California with additional locations in Michigan and Connecticut. Craig has long experience in the special metals industry, with a particular interest in medical titanium applications. For more information, visit the website at www.Supraalloys.com, call 805.388.2138, or email the author at Craig@supraalloys.com.
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