Dissimilar Materials: Surgical Instruments

Surgical instruments depend on various combinations of dissimilar materials such as aluminum, steel, titanium alloys, Nitinol, glass and ceramics for their functionality, lower cost, disposability and to lower the incidence of infections. These combinations of dissimilar materials demand the versatility of S-Bond’ active solders assembly solutions. Recent applications include surgical tools and non-invasive diagnostic equipment such as remote sensors and boroscopes.

S-Bond joining is fluxless and does not require plating of the materials to be joined, thus reducing the sources of contamination on assembled components. S-Bond joining has recently been used to make invasive, disposable surgical tools for orthopedic procedures by joining stainless steel cutting edges to lighter, less expensive aluminum on the non-invasive sections of the component. S-Bond is also used in sensor electrodes, boroscope windows, and cauterizing electrodes used in surgical procedures.

Contact Us to discuss how S-Bond’s assembly solutions for dissimilar materials can be used on your surgical and medical instrumentation.