12 Jul Corentec Gains FDA Clearance for World’s First Artificial Hip Joints with DMTCoating Technology

Posted at 10:31h in News by
0 Likes

Corentec, a global artificial joint company, announced that it has obtained clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the hip artificial cup, BENCOX Mirabo Z Cup Cortinium.
Corentec’s artificial hip joint is the world’s first to be applied with Directed Energy Deposition (DED) biometallic 3D printing coating technology, and is a product that replaces the nasal part of the hip joint damaged by indications such as degenerative lesions, fractures, rheumatoid arthritis and tumors.
A porous coating with fine pores is essential on the surface of the hip artificial cup so that bones can grow and be firmly fixed.
DMT coating technology irradiates the surface of an artificial joint with a laser and melts medical titanium powder to create a porous structure similar to a bone.
Further details on the technology:

  • The coating is completely fused to the surface of the artificial cup to maintain firm fixation after
    surgery
  • The world’s only second-grade pure titanium (Grade II) application
  • Forms pores of approximately 200 to 500 μm size to provide the optimal pore size for the best
    production of human bones
  • It has the advantage of exhibiting strong initial fixing power immediately after surgery by forming
    about three times the surface roughness compared to titanium plasma coating.
    Corentec expects to increase supply in earnest by securing global technology competitiveness with
    this FDA clearance of artificial hip joint cups and will supply products to the U.S. market in the near
    future. In addition, Corentec is currently developing an artificial ankle joint and an artificial knee
    joint made of cobalt-chrome alloy using DMT coating technology, and plans to complete and release
    the products in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
    “BENCOX Mirabo Z Cup Cortinium, which was created after more than 10 years of development, is
    a next-generation product that replaces existing titanium plasma coating products and changes the
    paradigm of coating technology,” said Michael Sun, CEO of Corentec.
BENCOX Mirabo Z Cup Cortinium

SOURCE: Corentec, OrthoWorld, July 11 2022.

To find out more news from the industry head over to our news section – orthocg.com/news