Home > Press > Scientists Develop Biodegradable Implants for Orthopedics Applications
Abstract:
Iranian researchers used bioceramic nanostructured materials for the modification of implant alloys and presented biodegradable implants for orthopedics, jaw and face applications.
Scientists Develop Biodegradable Implants for Orthopedics Applications
Tehran, Iran | Posted on October 6th, 2014 The materials have been produced at laboratorial scale, and they increase the recovery and treatment rate of the broken bones.
Many efforts have been made in recent years to produce biodegradable implants for orthopedics, jaw and face applications to eliminate the second surgery for the removal of implants. Magnesium-based alloys have attracted the attention of the researchers in this regard. However, high corrosion rate is the most important problem in the application of these alloys, which results in the production of hydrogen and in degradation of the host tissue. In addition to improving resistance against corrosion, the coating of the alloy speeds up the bone making process in the damaged area by increasing the bioactivity.
The main objective of the research was to optimize corrosion behavior, bioactivity and biocompatibility of magnesium alloy by using diopside coating through plasma anodize/electrical sedimentation of suspended particles method. Among the applications of the achievements of the research, mention can be made of orthopedics, jaw and face surgeries to heal bone fractures by using biodegradable implants.
Results obtained from animal in vivo and in vitro biodegradability, bioactivity and biocompatibility tests showed that the diopside coating provides all corrosive, bioactivity and bio compatibility properties at the same time at optimized level for the desired magnesium alloy.
Results of the research have been published in Applied Surface Science, vol. 313, 15 September 2014, pp. 60-66.
####
For more information, please click here
Copyright © Fars News Agency
If you have a comment, please Contact us.Issuers of news releases, not 7th Wave, Inc. or Nanotechnology Now, are solely responsible for the accuracy of the content.
Bookmark:
| Related News Press |
News and information
Simulating magnetization in a Heisenberg quantum spin chain April 5th, 2024
NRL charters Navy’s quantum inertial navigation path to reduce drift April 5th, 2024
Discovery points path to flash-like memory for storing qubits: Rice find could hasten development of nonvolatile quantum memory April 5th, 2024
Nanomedicine
New micromaterial releases nanoparticles that selectively destroy cancer cells April 5th, 2024
Good as gold - improving infectious disease testing with gold nanoparticles April 5th, 2024
Researchers develop artificial building blocks of life March 8th, 2024
Discoveries
Chemical reactions can scramble quantum information as well as black holes April 5th, 2024
New micromaterial releases nanoparticles that selectively destroy cancer cells April 5th, 2024
Utilizing palladium for addressing contact issues of buried oxide thin film transistors April 5th, 2024
Materials/Metamaterials/Magnetoresistance
Nanoscale CL thermometry with lanthanide-doped heavy-metal oxide in TEM March 8th, 2024
Focused ion beam technology: A single tool for a wide range of applications January 12th, 2024
Announcements
NRL charters Navy’s quantum inertial navigation path to reduce drift April 5th, 2024
Discovery points path to flash-like memory for storing qubits: Rice find could hasten development of nonvolatile quantum memory April 5th, 2024
Interviews/Book Reviews/Essays/Reports/Podcasts/Journals/White papers/Posters
Simulating magnetization in a Heisenberg quantum spin chain April 5th, 2024
Discovery points path to flash-like memory for storing qubits: Rice find could hasten development of nonvolatile quantum memory April 5th, 2024
 |
||
 |
||
| The latest news from around the world, FREE | ||
 |
||
|
|
||
| Premium Products | ||
 |
||
|
Only the news you want to read!
Learn More |
||
 |
||
|
Full-service, expert consulting
Learn More |
||
|
|
||