APPLICATION OF DIAMOND LAYERS AND DIAMOND-LIKE COATINGS ON MEDICAL TOOLS AND IMPLANTS

The article is devoted to complex studies of diamond-like coatings applied by the PAPVD technique to improve the surface of medical tools and implants in terms of better anticorrosive behaviour and biocompatibility. By means of scanning microscopy, the micromechanical properties of coatings were examined as well as their adhesion to the metallic substrate and structure of the coating-metallic substrate interface. Corrosion resistance and biocompatibility of coatings were also tested. An attempt was made to improve the gripping capacity of surgical vises used for laying down of suture in vascular surgery through application of an appropriate layer of nickel-diamond composite on the gripping part of the tool. Thus modified tools were next tested for mechanical properties. The results of performance tests of the vises enabled evaluating the gripping part of the tool as holding firm the surgical needle without the least changing of its position and tearing of the thread. The results of the tests carried out on vises were confirmed by opinions of the surgeons.

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