(AbkowitzStanleyTiUSA2013Medical)Session on ITA Medical Panel Creating Value for Medical Products through Titanium Powder Metal Technology

摘要

Titanium, and its alloys are the material of choice for medical devices due to their inherent properties such as strength, lightweight, durability, tdocompatibility and osseointergration. Powder metal manufacturing technology provides a new opportunity to custom engineer novel titanium compositions and structures with new and useful combinations of properties, not producible by traditional melt processing. This approach provides the opportunity for new materials-based solutions to the medical device designer to overcome the limitations of current material options in the design and manufacture of higher performing medical device products.