Diamond-like carbon coating of alternative metal alloys for medical and surgical applications

B J Jones; A Mahendran; A W Anson; A J Reynolds; R Bulpett; J Franks

doi:10.1016/j.diamond.2010.02.012

Diamond-like carbon coating of alternative metal alloys for medical and surgical applications

B J Jones, A Mahendran, A W Anson, A J Reynolds, R Bulpett, J Franks

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The effectiveness of a plasma-deposited, diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating on aluminium alloy based surgical instruments is investigated. Surgical instruments must satisfy a number of important criteria including biocompatibility, functional performance, sterility and cleanability, structural integrity, and fatigue resistance. The integrity of the DLC layer and the diffusion barrier properties are of paramount importance due to biocompatibility considerations of the underlying aluminium metal. We investigate the optimisation of the coating with incorporation of silicon and variation in negative self bias, and highlight the design and manufacture of a lightweight laparoscopic assist instrument from aluminium alloy coated with diamond-like carbon, which has been used successfully in the clinical environment to improve operations such as cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal) and exploratory techniques for the diagnosis of cancer. ?? 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	685-689
Number of pages	5
Journal	Diamond and Related Materials
Volume	19
Issue number	7-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2010.02.012
Publication status	Published - 2010

Keywords

Alternative metals
Aluminium alloys
aluminum
Aluminum alloys
Amorphous carbon
Biocompatibility
Biomedical engineering
Cleanability
Clinical environments
Coatings
Diamond-like carbon
Diamond-like carbon coatings
Diamonds
Diffusion barrier
Diffusion barrier property
Diffusion barriers
Endoscopy
Fatigue resistance
Functional performance
Gall bladder
Impact resistance
Instruments
Laparoscopy
Medical devices
Optimisations
Self-bias
Surgical applications
Surgical equipment
Surgical instrument

UN SDGs

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Diamond-like carbon coating of alternative metal alloys for medical and surgical applications

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