We would like to inform you about the grant of a patent for a new method of obtaining a composite coating on titanium implants for tissue engineering.
Titanium and its alloys are one of the most popular biomaterials used for implants. Mainly due to their good mechanical properties and corrosion resistance combined with low mass and biocompability. Titanium implants belong to the group of long-lasting implants – they can stay in the human body and properly fulfill their function for about 20 years. This time can be extended even twice by modifying their surface, for example by creating a coating of calcium phosphates. The biggest problems with their manufacturing are their low mechanical strength (cracking of the coatings, fragments falling off) and the inability to use a popular heat spraying method for producing such coatings if the entire volume of the porous implant needs to be completely covered.
The new method, co-authored by the president of MaterialsCare, Bartłomiej Wysocki, is supposed to allow the production of a biocompatible, bioactive, peeling-resistant coating that completely and uniformly covers porous titanium implants.
We invite you to familiarize yourselves with the contents of the patent: Method for obtaining a composite coating on titanium implants for tissue engineering (US Patent 10053791)