Enhanced Fatigue and Monotonic Properties for Economically Scalable Additive-Manufactured Ti64
Shilesh Jani will be presenting on the podium at the International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty (ISTA) Annual Congress in Rome on September 21.
The ISTA conference is an intimate, technical setting where surgeons, engineers, and innovators exchange ideas that shape the future of joint replacement. This year, Shilesh will present new mechanical property data comparing Orchid’s EBM-printed Ti64 implants to predicate devices and traditional manufacturing methods. The case studies examine tensile strength, yield strength, fatigue strength, and elongation at break, and the results demonstrate how additive can meet or exceed the mechanical demands of multiple implant applications:
- Replacing cast CoCr knees with HIPed, AM-printed Ti64 knees
- Meeting challenging loads for hip stems and tibial baseplates without keels
- Leveraging as-printed Ti64 for lower-demand applications like acetabular cups and tibial baseplates with prominent keels
These findings not only validate mechanical performance, they also point to a scalable, economical path for Ti64 implants across recon and trauma applications, which have historically been out of reach for additive manufacturing.
If you’ll be at ISTA: join the session, see the data for yourself, and connect with our team to discuss what this could mean for future implant designs.