Beyond The Nano Scale and CaPO4 Impregnated

The OSSEAN bio-active surface is found on all of Intra-Lock’s implants. Its structure is engineered to increase host-to-implant biocompatibility and biomechanical response. It is characterized by having a surface topography that is similar at all levels of magnification, from the surface to the Nano-scale level. The repetitive nature of this surface is defined as “fractal”, as with a set of Russian dolls the structure,when viewed at different levels of magnification, has the same basic repetitive characteristics. The surface beyond the Nano-metric level displays an ideal surface for fibrin attachment. At the micrometric level, the pattern is appropriate for platelet deposition. Under lower magnification, the pattern shows receptor sites that encourage the growth of osteoblasts.

Well beyond the Nano-metric level, impregnated in the titanium oxide layer of OSSEAN are calcium phosphate molecules. These molecules are more than a thousand times smaller than Nano-particles themselves allowing them to be extremely fixed to the surface (one with the implant) while maintaining their bio-active properties.