At this point I am still considering it… but the place we normally use for EO is in Thailand and we usually hit that place with goods from our consignment factory on the way to us here in the USA… so I’m a bit scared to be shipping things into and out of Asia just for that… especially since things going into Asia can get “lost” way more easily… and this is the place that we had to work with to develop a low temp EO process for xG3 magnet sterilization… so there are a lot of factors other than cost to consider. I may try to find a H2O2 sterilization place here in the USA with a decent low cost (pff hah!), low temp process we can use that won’t harm the magnetic field or the titanium casing… but I don’t like that idea either… not without some test magnets to run through first for testing… and that’s an expensive test if things go sideways.
no prob. i’m still looking into options… particularly for the Titan because it’s titanium… we have more options here than other materials like the biopoly
So photofunctionalization is possible with LASER??!!
I thought it was only done with UV-c.
Wow, that is cool and a half.
You could technically get to the precision, (depending on you laser of course) to etch the whole magnet and make it superhydrophilic!! And leave the pattern Ti, mean that would be left untouched by the laser!
I’ve jost gottennfunds to participate in this awesome product, from the product site the dimensions are listed as 4,5*2,8mm, but at least in my head there is one dimension missing, what it the height? Given that 4,5mm is length and 2,8mm is width.
For those who are not familiar with TiO2:
-Surface binds to tissue like magic, no migration
-Makes surface very safe compared to untreated implants
-Better healing
Dental implants are photosintetized in order to get them super safe and last much longer.
The question is good!
Photofunctionalization is a very well researched area in modern medicine. Although there are hundreds of papers published about it praising its benefits those are dental implant related researches. Therefore they focus on the TiO2 surface binding to bone material.
Masking out the ‘Ti’ and leaving it unetched was my idea in the heat of the moment. If the ‘Ti’ is simply etched in the surface that really doesn’t make difference, apart from the easier installation and the novelty purpose.
As far as I remember Samppa’s magnets are TiO2, and if I remember right then my answer is YES!! We want that for sure.
I must say, even if I had backed the Titan, I wouldn’t back this one unless the laser would be useful to Amal for other purposes, because:
1/ There are cheaper ways to determine the north pole of the magnet before implantation if you must - and I’m not too sure it would be useful to very many people.
2/ Once it’s implanted, it’s invislble. So big WTF moment here.
