Recently, after the patient's postoperative review, theron xian metal material co., LTD. The lattice structure of success will be a custom tantalum knee support components, used for revision surgery was carried out on the 83 - year - old female patient. The company first disclosed its success in adding and manufacturing tantalum components using the selective electron beam melting (SEBM) system in February 2018.
Porous tantalum provides ideal biocompatibility for surgical implants. However, because of the high melting point (2996oC) and reactivity of the material, it is very challenging to manufacture complex tantalum injection materials.
First tantalum knee support is the support of science and technology development in China, the theme of "by using electron beam selective melting and clinical application of custom printing tantalum implant", and USES the native Y150 SEBM manufacturing system.
The project was presided over by professor liu Yang of southwest hospital, professor tang huiping of xi 'an shilong metal materials co., LTD and national key laboratory of porous metal materials of northwest nonferrous metal research institute. According to xi 'an shilong, the operation was completed in April 2018, and the latest post-operation review showed that the operation was successful and the patient recovered well.
