Biomaterial

Rtec Instruments provides several ASTM, DIN, ISO standard and customized solutions for biomaterials industry. Analyze coatings, tooth, lens, stents, prothesis, implants, bovine serum, and more.

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Biomaterial Solutions We Offer

With the biomaterial industry rapidly changing, Rtec Instruments provides the analytical and measurement instruments to drive biomaterial quality control and research.

scratch data images by Rtec Instruments Scratch Tester

Scratch Adhesion, Resistance

To ensure good biocompatibility and long lifetime, there is a great interest in knowing adhesion and scratch resistance of many types of functional surface coatings applied to biomaterials (stent, prosthetics, joints, valves, connectors).

Study scratch adhesion, scratch hardness, scratch resistance at nano, micro and macro scale. In-line integrated 3D profilometer creates 3D stitched images to comprehensively and conclusively characterize the coating failures.

Indentation and Scratch Tester, SMT-5000

Multi Function Tribometer, MFT-5000

Fretting

Novel materials and coatings for replacement and repair of human body parts, various medical devices, and other common medical equipment are growing in the biomaterial industry. To study degradation due to fretting, wear and corrosion Rtec Instruments provides unequaled specifications for fretting testers. Testers include controlled stroke from 5 microns to several mm, and up to 500 Hz frequency across controlled environmental conditions (temperature and liquids).

Fretting FFT Series

Multi Function Tribometer, MFT-5000

3D view of fretting tribology of a surface by Rtec Instruments Optical Profilometer

Corrosion

Medical devices in humans use metallic biomaterials and coatings more than any other family of materials. The corrosion resistance of materials affects its functionality, durability, and is a prime factor governing biocompatibility.

Study the effect of corrosion of biomaterials, coatings and components durability, adhesion, hardness, fretting, wear resistance, friction, and more using several available testers.

Tribocorrosion on MFT-5000

Indentation and Scratch Adhesion Tester, SMT-5000

Fretting Corrosion on FFT Series

Dental

Rtec Instruments provides several biomaterial quality control and research solutions for the dental industry. Study life of dental materials, implant torque strength, wear between two tooth surfaces, effect of tooth brush on dental materials, and image surface change vs time. Test one or multiple samples at the same time. The profilometer provides tooth surface imaging with ease.

Multi Function Tribometer, MFT-5000

Drilling Tester

Polymers

Advances in production of well-defined and optimized polymers plays a central role of polymers in functional biomaterials. Commodity synthetic polymers are widely used as contact lens, intraocular lens materials, microspheres as drug delivery reservoirs, and polymer scaffolds for tissue engineering.

We offer a wide range of biomaterial industry solutions for bio polymers. Test surface and finish components by evaluating friction, durability, roughness and topographical data, multi-layer film thickness, and scratch resistance.

Multi Function Tribometer, MFT-5000

3D Optical Profilometers, UP Series

Indentation and Scratch Adhesion Tester, SMT-5000

Adhesion

Rtec Instruments Adhesion Tester is a turnkey solution to measure pull up adhesion force, work of adhesion, and shear adhesion of materials. Equipped with ultra-sensitive capacitance load cells, this tester provides µN level resolution with forces up to 5 N. Integrated with high resolution inverted camera allows researchers to measure the Contact Area vs. Normal Force. This is extremely useful in measuring adhesion of soft materials, biomimetics and hydrogels.

Adhesion Tester

Surface adhesion from contact area vs force test module

nano tribology of thin films using tribometer

Friction and Wear

Understanding biomaterial friction is of increasing importance due to the various new applications of industries, such as healthcare, biomedical, food and personal care, and the incorporation of soft materials into technology.

Perform tribology, friction and wear studies under a wide test load range, and motion. All while testing under a variety of controlled environmental conditions, such as liquid, temperature, and corrosion. Test coatings, materials, and components (contact lens, optical glasses, tooth, hip joint, stents, sutures, implants, tissue, skin, valves, connectors) with ease. Combine the data together with our in-line integrated 3D profilometer.

Multi Function Tribometer, MFT-5000

Biomaterial 3D Imaging

Combine 4 imaging modes in one head. Only one mouse click to alternate between the different imaging modes. Image any surface with ease – transparent, flat, dark, flat, curved, and more.

3D Optical Profilometer, UP Series