The formation of osseointegrating surfaceson titanium by laser irradiation

• Pulsed lasers can be used to modify the surface of medical implants in order to accelerate bone growth(osseointegration). Here, it is used to create a surface that is beneficial for rapid osseointegration, also calledBioHelix™, having ridges and covered in attached droplets of diameters between 1 and 20 μm. This paper presentsthe results of an experimental program in which a range of laser parameters were used to create different surfacetextures on titanium substrates. The resulting surfaces were analyzed by scanning electron microscope and MicroComputer Tomography. The paper explains how different types of surface are created by the laser-materialinteraction under different conditions. It is shown that optimization of the laser parameters results in a robustprocess which produces a surface that is fundamentally different from those created by other methods

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik -- Bearbetnings-, yt- och fogningsteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering -- Manufacturing, Surface and Joining Technology (hsv//eng)

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