Biocompatible wear-resistant thick ceramic coating

Biocompatible wear-resistant thick ceramic coating

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Sensitisation to immunologically active elements like chromium, cobalt or nickel and debris particle Barrel Style due to wear are serious problems for patients with metallic implants.We tested the approach of using a hard and STICKERS thick ceramic coating as a wear-resistant protection of titanium implants, avoiding those sensitisation and foreign body problems.We showed that the process parameters strongly influence the coating porosity and, as a consequence, also its hardness.