Medicine / 7. Clinical medicine

 

C.ò.s. Rodionov I.V., c.ò.s. Butovsky K.G.

The Saratov state technical university, Russia

Biological and mechanical compatibility

materials bone implants

 

At treatment of bone pathologies in modern medicine application implants – products from not biological material, contacting with bone structures of an organism for restoration the broken functions during long time extends. Functions of bone system have as the biological character connected to participation in processes blood creation and an exchange, and mechanical character for realization of a support, movement, protection of internal bodies. Thus implants traumatologic and orthopedic purpose function in an organism the limited term making 7-8 weeks, and implantation systems – articulate artificial limbs and stomatologic implants, playing a role of artificial roots a teeth, are intended for constant functioning in a bone fabric [1].

The biostructures surrounding implants, contain a fabric liquid, blood, a lymph which approximately on 90 % will consist of water at the similar maintenance of other components. The given bioliquids are electrolits and possess alkalescent character of physical and chemical properties with size ðÍ = 7 … 8. It causes various kinds of interaction between implants and the biostructures, dependent on biological compatibility of a material implant.

Biocompatibility represents ability of a material to function, not causing immune reactions with the advent of harmful changes in fabrics and bodies. She is caused by a complex of physical and chemical characteristics of a material and his biological properties from which the greatest value has stability of a material influence bioelectrolits.

Metal implants in the specified conditions can be exposed to electrochemical corrosion with anodi transition ions of metal in the liquid bioenvironment and formation secondary superficial films gydroxyds or îxyds metal. Diffusion ions of metal in adjoining biofabrics result in their saturation by ions that causes infringement of normal cellular processes. A film products of corrosion change the set properties of a surface implant, worsen stability of his initial installation and parameters functioning.

Polymeric organic and inorganic materials under influence of bioenvironment can receive the destruction of molecular structures resulting in the phenomena of ageing with reduction of durability, increase fragility, transition products of disintegration in surrounding biofabrics. Because of it there can be immune reactions and the inflammatory phenomena down to tearing away implant.

At the specified interactions of a material and biostructures on a surface implant there can be own active particles and the connections interfering adhesion of plasma adsorbed proteins of blood. Depending on ability to formation of superficial active particles, to bioelectrochemical destructions implantations materials have a various level of biological compatibility and can be biotolerant, bioinert and bioactive.

Biotolerant materials are characterized by formation of superficial active particles and the weakened adhesion of proteins because what fibrinous fibres of the curtailed blood settle down along a surface implant. Thus bone cells does not reach a surface implant, on a bone surface the coarse-fibred structure is formed, and between implant and a bone there is a layer collagenic fibres. It represents a capsule around implant from low strong to a fibrous fabric thickness up to 0,2 mm that can cause infringement of stability of position implant at action of functional loadings, lead to his shaking and danger of an inflammation biofabrics. Biotolerant qualities stainless steels, cobaltchromic alloys, polythene, polythenetereftalate possess, they are used at manufacturing implants with small terms of functioning and small loadings.

Bioinert materials do not create on a surface of active particles that allows to be generated on it to a film of strongly adsorbed proteins of blood and a mesh layer of fibrinous fibres. On these fibres there is a growth bone cells to a surface implant and formation of amorphous structures bone matrics on a surface implant. Due to it there is a biophysical communication between a bone fabric and a surface implant at presence in this zone of a thin layer of a fibrous fabric thickness about 0,02 mm. It limits density of formed bone structures on a surface implants and durability of his position in contact to a bone. Zirconium, tantalum concern to bioinert materials, metaloxidics, bioglass, bioglasscrystal substances, carbon materials, polymethylmetacrilate, polytetrafluorinethene the titan, they are successfully applied for implants long and constant functioning, maintaining the raised loadings.

Bioactive materials possess similarity of a chemical compound to a mineral component bone matrics and ability to decomposition at interaction with a biofabric. On a surface of such materials the layer amorphous albuminous structures providing physical and chemical communication of a bone fabric with implant is formed. In these conditions there is an ionization of atoms and diffusion ions through an albuminous layer in bone matrics to course of bioelectrochemical reactions. Due to it develops decomposition a material, and in formed structural emptiness germination of bone cells with formation reparative osteogenese and biointegration implant begins. In result the strong biotechnical system « a bone-implant » with high stability of functioning is created. Bioactivity differ calcium-phosphatic connections – hydroxiapatite and threecalciumphosphate, on a chemical compound corresponding to a mineral component bone matrics [2]. Besides qualities of bioactivity can get such bioinert materials, as metaloxyds, bioglass, bioglasscrystal substances, carbon materials, at creation of morphological heterogeneity and porosity of their surface. Application of bioactive materials for manufacturing implants provides their most effective functioning due to course of processes osteointegration.

The further improvement of qualities biocompatibility implants is reached by creation nanîstructured materials, and also by giving to materials charged conditions with formation negatively-monopolar an electric field implant.

Participation implant in performance of mechanical functions a bone shows to it requirements of mechanical compatibility at which his mechanical interaction with a bone does not create in a material implant and in a bone fabric of the pressure causing inadmissible deformations, destructions or an inflammation of a biofabric.

The level of mechanical compatibility implant depends on a necessary combination of mechanical properties of his material, rigidity and rationality of a design, the circuit of an arrangement implants in system. The given factors get out according to mechanical characteristics of a bone and functional loadings on implant. Thus it is taken into account, that the major biomechanical characteristic bone implant is his rigidity at a stretching or a bend. Rigidity, for example, bone segments of the basic-impellent device, for example, the bottom finiteness, considerably exceeds rigidity metal implants-clamps so at functional loadings the bone practically is not deformed, and implant can receive deformation of a bend, twisting, a stretching.

Implant a bone segment of the basic-impellent device can test average loadings of a bend 500 N, stretching efforts – 50 N, the braiding moment – 5 Nm, bending moment – 20 Nm. Stomatologic implants receive action of chewing vertical forces 150 N, lateral forces – 20 N, frequency of their appendix makes 1,0 … 1,3 Hz. The greatest internal pressure in implant and thus should not exceed a bone 500 ÌÐà, keeping elastic character for a material implant or coming nearer to pressure of a limit of fluidity and creating small deformations.

On the resulted bases for bone implants and systems biocompatible materials with the raised module of elasticity are used at high values bending rigidity implant and factor of rigidity of his design. Besides the material should possess the increased limit of fluidity, the minimal allowable plasticity and the optimum durability, necessary endurance, hardness and wear resistance. To the greatest degree specified requirements satisfy metal bioinert alloys Ti, Zr, Co-Cr, corrosion-proof chromnickel steel. Polymeric organic and inorganic materials do not possess a necessary complex of mechanical properties that at action on implant functional loadings to provide occurrence only small elastic deformations. Therefore they are not used for manufacturing a bearing basis implants, except for the carbon composite used for some kinds of clamps at an osteosynthesis.

Expansion of the list mechanically compatible implantations materials is reached due to creation biocomposites on the basis inorganic, and also organic polymers, drawing of bioceramic coverings on metal implants, giving to materials nanostructural conditions.

 

 

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