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Titanized synthetics in modern medicine
Titanium and synthetics are materials with a variety of properties and suitable for diverse applications. These two materials have been used in implant medicine for many years and have become an indispensable part of modern surgery.
Titanium: The use of implants made of titanium (e.g. traumatology, endoprosthetics) is a success story, since the material shows excellent acceptance in the human body8,6. There are disadvantages, however: stiffness and rigidity.
By applying its patented nanotechnology, GfE Medizintechnik GmbH pioneered in combining both outstanding properties which include, optimal biocompatibility and a high level of flexibility in synthetics, thus creating a compound material: Titanized Synthetic.
At first glance, it seems that the titanized synthetic material does not differ from the synthetic source material, due to the covalent-bonded titanized surface (thickness: approx. 30 nm). This surface is a titanium-coated layer forming a compound material with the synthetic and at the same time maintains the flexibility of the synthetic material underneath. The covalent bonding can only be separated by destroying the synthetic structure itself. It is this extremely thin "nano-layer", that ensures the outstanding biocompatibility of a pure titanium implant.
Titanium and synthetics are materials with a variety of properties and suitable for diverse applications. These two materials have been used in implant medicine for many years and have become an indispensable part of modern surgery.
Titanium: The use of implants made of titanium (e.g. traumatology, endoprosthetics) is a success story, since the material shows excellent acceptance in the human body8,6. There are disadvantages, however: stiffness and rigidity.
By applying its patented nanotechnology, GfE Medizintechnik GmbH pioneered in combining both outstanding properties which include, optimal biocompatibility and a high level of flexibility in synthetics, thus creating a compound material: Titanized Synthetic.
At first glance, it seems that the titanized synthetic material does not differ from the synthetic source material, due to the covalent-bonded titanized surface (thickness: approx. 30 nm). This surface is a titanium-coated layer forming a compound material with the synthetic and at the same time maintains the flexibility of the synthetic material underneath. The covalent bonding can only be separated by destroying the synthetic structure itself. It is this extremely thin "nano-layer", that ensures the outstanding biocompatibility of a pure titanium implant.
6. Data on File: Biomet Biologics
8. Surgical Endoscopy (2004) 18: 211-220In vivo studies comparing the biocompatibility of various polypropylene meshes and their handling properties during endoscopic total extraperitoneal (TEP) patchplasty H. Scheidbach, C. Tamme, A. Tannapfel, H. Lippert, F. Köckerling
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