Thermal Spraying Powder
CAPTAL® is a high purity synthetic hydroxylapatite having
a very similar composition to that of the mineral content in
human bone. It is thermally stable at 1300'C in air; retaining
a highly crystalline structure.
CAPTAL® thermal spray grade powders have been used to
coat over 100,000 orthopaedic devices for use in humans.
CAPTAL® hydroxylapatite has been shown to be highly biocompatible
in both animal and human clinical evaluations (see bibliography)
and scientifically characterised by BRITE EURAM PROGRAMME, Project
BREU 0172 C.
CAPTAL® hydroxylapatite powders are available in the following
particle size ranges.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Murali S.R., Porter R.W., Gregory D.W., Marshall D.,
Aspden R.N., McHardy W.J., NEW BONE FORMATION IN AN OSTEOPOROTIC
PATIENT TREATED BY AN INTRAOSSEOUS INJECTION OF BIOACTIVE MATERIALS;
A CASE STUDY. Cells and Materials Vol 4 No 4 1994 Pages 337-346
Kroon P.O., Freeman M.A.R.,
HYDROXYLAPATITE COATING OF THE HIP PROSTHESES Effect on migration
into the Femur. J Bone Joint Surg (Br) 1992; 74-B: 518-22
Stephenson P.K., Freeman M.A.R. Revell P.A. et al THE EFFECT
OF A HYDROXYLAPATITE COATING ON INGROWTH OF BONE INTO CAVITIES
IN AN IMPLANT. J. Arthoplasty1991; 6; 51-8.
Soballe K. HYDROXYLAPATITE CERAMIC COATING FOR BONE IMPLANT
FIXATION Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica Supp No 255 Vol 64 1993
Munksgaard Copenhagen.
Roome C.M. and Adam C.D. CRYSTALLITE ORIENTATION AND ANISOTROPIC
STRAINS IN THERMALLY SPRAYED HYDROXYLAPATITE COATINGS. Physics
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