Stainless steel has been the most demanded material for surgical utensil manufacture due to superior mechanical properties, sufficient wear, and corrosion resistance. Surgical grade 420A stainless steel is extensively used for producing sophisticated surgical instruments. Since these instruments are used under bright light conditions prevalent in operation theatres, the reflection from the material is significant which causes considerable strain to the eye of the surgeon. Surgical instruments with lower reflectance will be more efficient under these conditions. A low reflective thin -film coating has often been suggested to alleviate this inadmissible difficulty. This paper reports the development of an optimum parametric low reflective magnetite coating on the surface of SS 420A with a black color using chemical hot alkaline conversion coating technique and its bioactivity studies. Coating process parameters such as coating time, bath temperature, and chemical composition of bath are optimized using Taguchi optimization techniques. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis was used to identify the composition of elements and the chemical condition of the developed coating. Surface morphological studies were accomplished with a scanning electron microscope (SEM). When coupled with an energy-dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX), compositional information can also be collected simultaneously. Invitro cytotoxicity tests, corrosion behavior, the effect of sterilization temperature on adhesion property, and average percentage reflectance (R) of the developed coating have also been evaluated. These results suggest adopting the procedure for producing low reflective conversion coatings on minimally invasive surgical instruments produced from medical grade 420A stainless steel.
The bioactive and biocompatible properties of hydroxyapatite (HA) promote the osseointegration process. To enhance other bio-functions of HA such as improving the antibacterial property of the implant, increasing the rate of cell proliferation, or improving tissue generation capability, HA is substituted with many elements such as Zn, Cl, Ba, Fe, Cu, Ag, Sr, F, Na, etc. This study reports development of Magnesium substituted HA (Mg-HA) coatings on Ti6Al4V substrates using the dip coating technique. To improve the adhesion and stability of the coating, an intermediate layer of shellac was applied between the coating and Ti6Al4V substrate. The dip coating process parameters were optimized using the Taguchi technique and it was found that dipping time of 35 s and 13% w/w of shellac concentration provided the maximum bonding strength of 12.5 MPa. The biocompatibility, dissolution, and corrosion study of the developed coating using the optimal parameters obtained were carried out in this study. An improvement in cell growth and cell proliferation was observed in the extract medium prepared from coated substrates. Release of Ca, P and Mg ions from the surface of the coated substrate into the simulated body fluid (SBF) was found to be almost constant which shows the stability of the thin film coating formed. The Mg-HA coated substrate also exhibited better corrosion resistance than the uncoated substrate.
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