Project title: : NEW GENERATION OF BIOACTIVE LASER TEXTURED TI/HAP IMPLANTS
Acronym: BiLaTex
Type of project: EU projects
Role: Partner
Financing: M-ERA.NET
Duration: 1.05.2024 – 30.04.2027
Project manager at FS: Assist. Prof. Dr. Marko Polajnar
Laboratory: Laboratory for tribology and interface nanotechnology TINT
Project description:
Visible effects of society’s ageing is the reported increase in the necessity of orthopaedic implants boosting to a huge economical market. For a successful integration of any implant, bone regeneration, osseointegration at the interface bone and implant as well as mitigating inflammatory events are crucial aspects. The project aims at extending the biocompatibility and tribo-mechanical performance associated with a lifetime of surgical implants based on Titanium (Ti). The hypothesis states combining Ti alloy with hydroxyapatite (HAp), and medically active components (drug delivery function) in order to obtain excellent biomaterial supporting bone growth and eliminating the problem of loosening of the implant by its integration with bone. The project goes beyond the state-of-the-art by laser surface treatment, opening the underlying porosity improving the cell transport and cell growth. The result implant biomaterial will reduce the number of removal surgeries in the future.
