Use of nanotexturing eyed to make knee implant safer
KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. A local firm will use nanotexturing to improve its total knee arthroplasty product and make it antibacterial. The Department of Science and Technology is supporting this project through funding of close to PHP5 million. (Photo courtesy of Advanced Device and Materials Testing Laboratory) MANILA - A local firm will use surface nanotexturing or electrochemical etching to improve its knee implant product, to help patients avoid bacterial infection. Arthologics, Inc., which developed the Logic 1.0 Total Knee Arthroplasty for persons suffering from osteoarthritis and rheumatoid a...