Eat your heart out, Wolverine. The X-Men superhero won’t be the only one with metal fused into his skeleton if a new titanium foam proves suitable for replacing and strengthening damaged bones. Bone ...

Surgical implant maker Xenco Medical continues to flex is innovation muscles, most recently with the launch of an injection-molded titanium foam implant that comes pre-attached to a disposable ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Titanium foam could soon be used to replace injured bones with greater effectiveness than the current generation ...

It’s not quite an adamantium skeleton, but new titanium foam could revolutionize bone implants. The material can integrate with the patient’s natural bone, reducing the stress on both the original ...

Titanium alloy Ti6Al4V, was used by researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing and Advanced Materials (IFAM) in Dresden, Germany. Scientists created the foam using a powder ...

Flexible yet rigid like a human bone, and immediately capable of bearing loads: A new kind of implant, made of titanium foam, resembles the inside of a bone in terms of its structural configuration.

A new metallic foam made of titanium would now make fusion of metals to repair broken bones possible. The titanium foam opens the possibility of using malleable yet strong metal foams instead of hard ...

A novel type of implant, Titanium foam, may help improve bone injury treatment, a new study has revealed. The foam resembles the inside of a bone in terms of its structural configuration. Not only ...

Developing the ideal structural medical implant is a complicated task, and different applications require different approaches. We have reported on the need for higher strength titanium that allows ...

I have a half-dozen titanium plates in my right forearm. They connect a bone graft taken from my left leg to the upper part of my radius and to my wrist. This system isn't perfect, but it does the job ...

Flexible yet rigid like a human bone, and immediately capable of bearing loads: A new kind of implant, made of titanium foam, resembles the inside of a bone in terms of its structural configuration.