As the name suggests, a plasma spray coating is a special covering that is applied to substrates such as medical devices, semiconductors, jet engine components and various metals in order to improve their surface properties or enhance their efficiency. Plasma spray coatings can heighten the quality of appearance, extend a device’s durability and act as corrosion and scratch resistance.

Medical devices, typically made of stainless steel or other durable and light weight elements, are required to exert minimum friction, excellent adhesion and most importantly controllable conductivity and usability tolerance. These features are often optimized by using titanium coatings. Medical devices can range from a single non-ground wire to devices of various shapes and sizes that demand extensive masking.

Along with serving as corrosion resistance for common medical devices, titanium coatings are now applied to orthopedic implants in order to afford the implant greater permanence. The porous, bio-active coating enables the biomedical engineer to design an implant that is better suited to interact with human bone tissue. Plasma spray technology also enables the biomedical engineer to design an implant that provides the highest achievable mechanical properties while also providing a bio-inert, as well as bio-active, surface to interface with bone tissue.

Those searching for quality medical device coatings would do well to find a company that is able to produce custom coatings. The diversity of medical equipment demands plasma spray coatings, thermal spray coatings and titanium coatings that can be effectively applied to almost any medical application. Ideal medical device coatings will increase hardness, gripping surface, thermal barrier protection and the device’s resistance to wear.

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