The work has been performed in collaboration with
• Ural State Medical Academy
• OOO Spetskeramika
• ORFO Medical Company

    Aunique ceramic material based on zirconium and aluminum oxides modifed with nanocomponents has been developed. The ceramics has superior characteristics, namely:
• its strength is 3-5 times higher than the strength of any known ceramics  σbend ranges from 800-1200 to 1800 MPa);
• the friction coeffcient is reduced by a factor of 8 to 12 as compared to the friction coeffcient of metals commonly used in medicine;
• improved biocompatibility and chemical resistance in the human organism than those offered by other materials.

    The developed high-strength nanoceramics allows endoprostheses and implants of the new generation to be manufactured that can be used in orthopedics, stomatology, and endoprosthesis as replacements of heavily loaded segments in the human body, which run high risk and are prone to wear (the vertebral column and joints, including hip joints, etc). The large pore-size bioactive ceramics ensure long-time fixation of endoprostheses and implants in the human body and will serve as a universal material for restoration of the bone tissue in all surgical operations in orthopedics, traumatology, otolaryngology and stomatology during the treatment of parodontosis, bone defects, cysts, and tumors.