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Coated composite enables strong hip joint replacement.(Medical Materials)

Advanced Materials & Processes,  September, 2003  

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Hip joint replacement has been greatly unproved by two processes reported by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash. First, the implant is built by the Void Metal Composite process, which creates tiny channels or voids on the surface of the implant. New bone grows unto these pores or voids to form a "lock and key" that effectively ...

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