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Low friction, wear resistant and biocompatible surfaces
Tecvac Limited provides high lubricity, high hardness, biocompatible  coatings for  use in orthopaedic, cardiac and  other surgical applications. Tecvac's   titanium nitride coating has a substantial clinical record.

Tecvac also supplies leading aerospace and automotive businesses with high integrity coatings, designed to perform at extremes of temperature and load.

Tecvac was founded in 1980 and  has pioneered many advances in thin film technology, ion implantantion and physical vapour deposition, and currently supplies leading research institutions with advanced PVD machines.

Tecvac is part of the Wallwork Group with service centres in  Bury, Birmingham and Cambridge.

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Biomedical Surfaces  2012

Reduced wear & infection
A new coating developed by Tecvac including silver and chromium nitride has the potential to reduce both wear and joint infection in total hip replacement therapy.
See poster from Queen Mary College, University of London
Project BERTI; (Biomedical implant with Exceptional Resistance to Tribo-bio-corrosion and with Inherent antimicrobial properties) is expected to lead to new designs of  knee and hip implants and  substantially reduce the number of costly revision surgeries for hip and knee replacement patients. Partners in the project include Corin Plc, Tecvac Ltd, Imperial College, University of London, Charing Cross Hospitals, Queen Mary College, University of London and the University of Sheffield.   More>>>
SMART HIP project Tecvac was a partner in the SMART-HIP project with Corin Plc which has been funded by the TSB {UK Technology Strategy Board}. "We were all very pleased the SMART-HIP was not only completed on time, but also on budget and with a very positive biomedical research outcome including the development of methods to successfully monitor the evolution of  ion release." Dr. Jonathan Housden, Head of Research and Development, Tecvac Ltd.   More>>>

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