Titanium alloy Ti6Al4V, was used by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing and Advanced Materials (IFAM) in Dresden, Germany. Scientists created the foam using a powder ...

For the first time, patented titanium fiber plates developed by engineers for medical use were put to the test in an animal model. Researchers have found that, unlike conventional plates, the titanium ...

Doctor Lantieri does more than mend broken bones; he tries to help his patients look as close to normal as possible. In the past, he spent long hours in the operating room, opening hundreds upon ...

A porous titanium foam encourages bone in-growth in implant applications. Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing and Advanced Materials (Dresden) have developed a titanium foam ...

Illustration of a discectomy surgery at the L4-S1 vertebrae. For the first time in the United States, titanium bone-anchored implants were used to repair large annular defects during diskectomies. For ...