Medthin™ 43 ADLC

The high class coating for implants

Medthin 43 coating is excellent to improve articulating joints such as those of “Coating on UHMWPE” where polyethylene wear and ion release from substrates (CoCr, SS, TAV, etc)  is reduced nearly to zero. The coating is applied with thickness of about 3 µm and it has adhesion strength to metal substrates higher than 0.8 GPa. Amorphous Diamond Like Carbon (ADLC) is deposited with latest generation Plasma Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Technologies (PACVD) showing an amorphous phase virtually with no pores and roughness (Ra) values below 0.02µm, ideal for articulating zones. The coating coverage is rather uniform on external surfaces whereas for inner surfaces a Ionbond proprietary technology can be applied in some cases.  
Ionbond  can currently deliver coating service of “Medthin 43 ADLC on Implants” from Switzerland, France and UK and the coating properties/characteristics have been filed in a FDA master file (MAF) number 1647. The MAF can be referred upon request and common agreement with Ionbond.

Technical data

 

Material

hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C:H)

Applicable on following implant material

Titanium, TAV, CoCrMo, 316 LVM, all SS

Technologies

PACVD

Color

Black

Thickness, μm

Hardness, GPa

20 to 40

Phase composition

Amorphous (DLC)

Surface texture, Ra

<0.02

Coating coverage

Mainly external surfaces³

Masking partial zones or over porous coat

Possible

Dissolvability

Not noticed in serum

Adhesion strenght, MPa

>800

Wear (abrasion) resistance, coating against UHMWPE

>80%

Porosity density, n/mm² & pore size, μm

PACVD (<20, 0.5)⁴

Reduction of allergic potential (CoCrMo, FeCrNi)

>99%

Surface wettability of ADLC

Extremely hydrophobic

Thermal oxidation resistance (in air)

250°C

Chemical oxidation resistance

Very good resistant to PH from 4 to 12 without problems

Resistance to sterilization

All methods allowed

Implant applications

Hip, spine & trauma

²higher coating thickness is possible under request
³internal surfaces are also possible to coat, please contact us
⁴mainly due to dust particles from grey room