Al2O3, Glass Beads, and Apatitic Abrasive: Comparing Post-Processing Options for 3D-Printed Titanium Medical Implants
For the best chance of successful osseointegration, titanium and titanium-alloy implants need to undergo a surface finishing process. Research has shown that specifically textured surfaces on Ti implants can increase bone-to-implant contact and encourage new tissue growth around the device.
An Ideal Post-Processing Solution for Additive-Manufactured Medical Devices
Few things have been as potentially revolutionary for the medical device industry as 3D printing. The process allows implant manufacturers to design and produce innovative products quickly and efficiently. But additive manufacturing does introduce a few specific issues medical implant designers and fabricators must take into account.
The Best Possible Outcome: The Importance of Post-Processing to Optimize Surface Morphology in Spinal Implants
Here at Himed, we are gearing up for the BIOMEDevice and the NASS trade shows in Boston. So we started asking ourselves what we were most excited about in orthopedic advancements in general, and spinal health in particular. The answer—perhaps not surprisingly for a surface treatment company—are the benefits that patients experience when spinal implants undergo optimizing surface treatments after manufacture.
Titanium, Rabbits, and Tiny Microscopes: Dr. Brånemark’s Unlikely Discovery of the Modern Dental Implant
If you ever went searching for your car keys but found a $100 bill instead, you might feel a little like Dr. Per-Ingvar Brånemark. He was looking into how blood flow affects bone healing—and he ended up discovering osseointegration.
Better osseointegration is one of our primary goals at Himed. When we develop surface treatments and coatings, we do it with the aim of improving the integration of implants with a patient’s bones. The very phrase “osseointegration” was coined by Dr. Brånemark, who is now considered the father of the modern dental implant. Before his work, the medical community was pretty sure that such a thing wasn’t even possible.