GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Bud Bailey dreaded the day he would have to stop using his artificial legs. He had been walking on prosthetic limbs for six decades, ever since both legs were severed in a train ...

Researchers have identified a new, highly sensitive method to assess the extent of titanium leaks from implants. Titanium implants are routinely used for bone fractures as well as dental work. A new ...

If you have multiple teeth that are either damaged or missing, a number of options are available to help fix them. Titanium dental implants are one of your options. They can provide long-lasting ...

HANNOVER, Germany, June 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week (on 28 May) and for the second time, the German Innovation Award winners were honoured at a gala event held at the Museum of Technology in ...

Patients are becoming more aware of the materials they are placing in their bodies and how those materials can affect their overall health. When selecting dental implants, patients want the least ...

KARLSRUHE, Germany & IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--joimax ®, the Germany-based market leader of technologies and training methods for full-endoscopic minimally-invasive spinal surgery, is well ...

With the launch of its latest spine implant, NuVasive has expanded its porous titanium portfolio to all transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgeries, or TLIF procedures. The new Modulus TLIF-A ...

The human body is a marvellous system, with completely integrated load-bearing and power transmission systems that are both self-replicating and adaptable to changes in environment, work rates and ...

The application of stainless steel has continued since its early use in the 1900s for surgical practices. There are multiple forms of stainless steel starting with the introduction of type 302 for its ...

Dental implants are pitched as a perfect fix, but the reality is a long surgical process with specific risks and high costs.

Titanium is a very biocompatible material, which is why it's so often used for medical implants. That said, chemical compounds in the metal sometimes do result in implants being rejected by the body.

NEW YORK — Bradley Little, a physical education teacher in Arizona, was leading his class through a school hallway in 2017 when he collapsed. Little feared he was having a stroke. Or, in a sign of the ...