Glass-ceramics medical applications

There are practically no medical applications for cerinm. Several metallurgical, glass, ceramic, and others applications exist, inclnding ... 

E. Verne, M. Ferratis, A. Ventrella, L. Paracchini, A. Krajewski and A. Ravaglioli, Sintering and Plasma Spray Deposition of Bioactive Glass-Matrix Composites for Medical Applications, J. Europ. Ceram. Soc. 18, 363-372 (1998). 

In the development of biocompatible and bioactive glass-ceramics for medical uses, two different types of materials must be addressed that differ in their application environment and preferred properties materials for use in implantology (medical prostheses) and materials used in restorative dentistry (dental prostheses). For reasons of clarity, the difference between the two different groups of biomaterials must be addressed at this stage. The first... 

Selected examples in Section 4.4.2.6.B are used to describe the processes that are suitable to achieve optimal joining of the different materials. In addition, measuring methods for evaluating the results were carried out. These glass-ceramic-metal composites for dental applications demonstrate that a multicomponent glass-ceramic and metals can be used for a variety of applications in medical and technical fields. 

Davis, J. R., ed. 2003. Handbook of Materials for Medical Devices. Materials Park, OH ASM International. This work provides a review of the properties, processing, and selection of materials used in the environment of the human body. Among the application areas described are orthopedics (hips, knees, and spinal and fracture fixation), cardiology (stents, heart valves, pacemakers), surgical instruments, and restorative dentistry. Materials discussed include metals and alloys, ceramics, glasses, and glass-ceramics, polymeric materials, composites, coatings, and adhesives and cements. 

G.H. Beall Glass-ceramics recent developments and applications , in Nucle-ation and Crystallisation in Liquids and Glasses, Ceramic Transact., Vol. 30, ed. by M. Weinberg (Am. Ceram. Soc., Westerville, Ohio 1993) pp. 241-266 W. Vogel, W. Holand The development of bioglass ceramics for medical applications , Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 26, 527-44 (1987)... 

There are multiple applications of fluoridated bioceramics, essentially as bone and tooth substitutes (Table 1), involving bulk ceramics, glasses, composite materials and coatings for medical devices and surface treatments. In some cases, fluoride ions can leach out of the material inducing a direct biological effect in a soluble form. However, considering the affinity of fluoride ions for apatite... 

A few salts of rubidium and cesium find application—for example the use of rubidium carbonate (Rb2C03) and cesium carbonate (Cs2C03) in the manufacture of glass and ceramics. Cesium fluoride (CsF) and cesium iodide (Csl) absorb X-rays and gamma rays and can be used in medical diagnostic equipment. In the form of cesium chloride (CsCl), the radioactive isotope cesium 137 is a source of gamma rays used in cancer treatment. In addition, cesium 137 is used in educational physics laboratory classes to study radioactivity. 

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