Orthopedic materials market and innovation trend analysis

Release Time：2022-04-13

Stainless steel, titanium alloy, pure titanium, cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloy... Who is better? Who is bad? What would happen to the orthopaedic world if there was a new material that replaced materials with more of these metals of opportunity? An Israeli company, Carbo-fix, seems to be challenging the entire trauma orthopedics community, based on carbon fiber reinforced PEEK materials, which The material has low stiffness and good strength, and can be used to solve the problems caused by the stress shielding of traditional bone plates.

Nickel-titanium alloys have been widely used in orthopaedic clinics in recent years, and are called "miracle metals". They have the characteristics of shape memory effect, superelasticity, fatigue resistance, wear resistance, corrosion resistance, and good biocompatibility.

The orthopedic products made of so many amazing materials mentioned above are a general term for a large category of implants and surgical consumables for the replacement, repair, supplement and filling of human bones and related soft tissues.

Orthopedic implant: usually refers to clinical orthopaedic medical materials used for human bone replacement, support, repair, and filling, to replace joint, bone, cartilage or musculoskeletal system in whole or in part, involving shoulders, elbows, hips, knees , spine, etc. Due to the high value of this type of product and its important impact on human life and health, the production and use must be strictly controlled, so it is generally classified as high-value medical consumables.