Coatings for surgical & dental instruments

Medthin™ coatings enhance hardness and provide scratch and chemical resistance while inhibiting bacterial proliferation on the surface of instruments. Every coating has a specific color, making them ideal for color coding. The Medthin™ coatings can be applied on many different substrate materials, including the full range of stainless steels, since the Medthin™ coating process preserves the original substrate hardness, sharp instrument tips and sharp edges for cleaner cuts.

Medthin™ coating options for instruments

The significant extension of instrument and tool lifetime make Medthin™ coatings an investment in cost efficiency and sustainability. The Medthin™ coating process is done in large vacuum chambers, so it is possible to fit in high quantities of instruments and tools at a very attractive price. For more information, please find the Ionbond coating center in your region.

Various Medthin™ hard coatings can be used for color coding. The Grey/black color of Medthin™ 20 AlTiN or Medthin™ DLCs prevent light reflection. Medthin™ 04 in the color Beach, which inhibits bacterial colonization and growth.

Medthin™ 04 Medthin™ 20

Medthin™ benefits for surgical and dental instruments

Improved performance in bone cutting (e.g. Medthin™ 01)
Inhibition of bacterial proliferation/colonization (e.g. Medthin™ 04)
70% reduction in light reflection (e.g. Medthin™ 20, Medthin™ DLCs)
High hardness provides scratch resistance (e.g. Medthin™ 42 DLC, all Medthin™)
Low friction and anti-galling (Medthin™ 04, 33, 40, 41, 42, 43)
Dielectric properties of DLC and SiOx (Medthin™ 43 and Medthin™ 51)
Color coding for surgical instruments (e.g. all Medthin™ coatings)

Our coating solutions for surgical and dental instruments

Medthin™ 01 - Instruments

TiN coating for medical instrumentsMedthin™ 01 TiN, gold colour, has superior adhesion to the substrate materials with good chemical stability when undergoing several cleanin…

Medthin™ 04 - Instruments

TiON coating for use in hospital environmentMedthin™ 04 TiON, has “sand beach” color or gray color. The coating evidenced considerable reduction of colony-forming units (CFU)…

Medthin™ 10 - Instruments

TiCN coating for medical instruments & hospital hardwareMedthin™ 10 TiCN has carbon inside the TiN cubic matrix strengthening and conferring a pink colour to this coating…

Medthin™ 11 - Instruments

TiNbN light gold coatingMedthin™ 11 TiNbN, has slighter gold colour compared to TiN. It is very similar to TiN and ZrN in terms of structure and overall mechanical properties…

Medthin™ 16 - Instruments

TiAIN coating for surgical & dental instrumentsMedthin™ 16 TiAlN, the bronze colored Medthin™ 16 TiAlN’s high wear resistance and adhesion, excellent resistance to alkali…

Medthin™ 18 - Instruments

TiAICN coating for medical instruments & hospital hardwareMedthin™ 18 TiAlCN is a multi-layer coating with a TiCN top layer. The carbon in the top-layer of the coating ac…

Medthin™ 20 - Instruments

AITiN coating with great chemical barrier functionMedthin™ 20 AlTiN is widely used for the coating of medical instruments due to its anti-glare properties, superior adhesion …

Medthin™ 30 - Instruments

CrN coating for surgical & dental instrumentsMedthin™ 30 CrN, has silver-grey color, shows high fracture toughness, wear resistance and adhesion, making it an ideal coati…

Medthin™ 33 - Instruments

CrCN coating for all types of surgical instrumentsMedthin™ 33 CrCN, is a unique coating that combines the excellent adhesion and fracture toughness of CrN with the low light …

Medthin™ 36 - Instruments

MeDLC coating for surgical instrumentsMedthin™ 36 MeDLC, a black color coating with high abrasive and scratch resistance. Produced in large coating chambers, the process allo…

Medthin™ 40 - Instruments

MeDLC coating for complex shape partsMedthin™ 40 “Metal Diamond Like Carbon” , is a low surface roughness coating based on Carbon amorphous phase embedding the crystalline cr…

Medthin™ 41 - Instruments

DLC coating with improved scratch resistanceMedthin™ 41 DLC is a multilayer coating with a WCC base layer and a pure DLC (carbon) top layer. Such engineered structure confers…

Medthin™ 42 - Instruments

DLC coating for surgical instrumentsMedthin™ 42 DLC is a multilayer coating with a Chromium Nitride (CrN) base layer followed by a thin interlayer made of WCC and a top DLC …

Medthin™ 43 - Instruments

ADLC coating for surgical instrumentsMedthin™ 43 ADLC is a dual layer coating with a SiC base layer followed by top DLC (carbon) layer. The two layers confer to Medthin™ 43 …

Medthin™ 48 - Instruments

Medthin™ 48 tetragonal carbonMedthin™ 48 ta-C, a suitable coating for «fine» bone cutting applicable in small drills or general bone cutting tools.

Medthin™ 60 - Instruments

ZrN coating for medical instrumentsMedthin™ 60 ZrN, has light gold colour, features very good wear resistance, low stress, high adhesion and an excellent chemical barrier fun…

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