Smart coating opens door to safer hip, knee and dental implants. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2010 / 02 / 100203101120.htm ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new coating that may help surgical implants bond more closely with bone and ward off infection. According to the researchers, the ...

Total knee arthroplasty implants with porous and hydroxyapatite coatings and fixation pegs had similar clinical outcomes and survivorship rates compared with knee implants with a porous coating ...

A hybrid implant coating made from antibacterial silver and an antibiotic will protect patients from infection in the future. The antibiotic is tailored to the patient's unique requirements for ...

Applications expected to benefit from the use of Laserapatite include hip implants and knee implants. The latter are being tested with a coating system that operates in air, incorporating YAG and CO 2 ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Every year, more than a million Americans receive an artificial hip or knee prosthesis. Such implants are designed to last many years, but in about 17 percent of patients who ...

New coating for hip implants could prevent premature failure. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2012 / 04 / 120419102520.htm ...

Zimmer Biomet has secured the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its total knee implant component, Persona SoluTion porous plasma spray (PPS) femur. It provides an ...

Medical implants could fail less often when coated with a microscopically crinkled, ceramic material designed by researchers at the University of Michigan. The coating is described in a paper ...

When patients have hip, knee or dental replacement surgery, they run the risk of having their bodies reject the implant. But the smart coating developed at NC State mitigates that risk by ...

Posted: February 3, 2010: Smart coating opens door to safer hip, knee and dental implants (Nanowerk News) Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a "smart coating" that helps ...