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The Metals Of Different Surgical Instruments

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AISI: American iron and steel institute has the job of identifying and classifying differnt types of steel and metals.

ASTM: American Society of Testing and Materials sets the standard for material metals.

Austenitic: A stainless steel that cannot be heat-hardened. Stainless steel thats in this category is 300 series stainless steel, which is highly corrosion resistant.

Martensitic: Martensitic stainless steel can be toughened by the heat. Due to the lack of nickel it is prone to corrosion. It is also a stainless steel that falls into this category is the 400 series.

Rockwell Scale: Is a scale and method used to measure the toughness of metals.

Stainless Steel: Mostly used in metal in the creating and building of surgical instruments. Stainless steel rusts and stains.

304 Stainless: This is used to create bowls and basins.

316 LVM Stainless: Used to make implantable devices such as pins, plates and screws.

420 Stainless: Pakistani-made and disposable quality instruments are made of this type of stainless steel.

Sterling Silver: Used to make tracheotomy tubes and probes.

Titanium: Very strong and non-magnetic, Its common to see this type of metal in microsurgical instruments. This metal is identified by its blue color and is stronger and lighter than stainless steel.

Tungsten Carbide: An extremely hard metal used in jaws of needle holders and blades of surgical scissors. T.C. which stand for tungsten carbide is usually a gold color which is used for handles of instruments.

Pakistani-Made Surgical Instruments: Pakistan makes up a decent amount of all surgical instruments in the world. This nation creates 75% of surgical instruments. These instruments are made in Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore. Global companies will look to Pakistan to create descent made low priced surgical instruments.

German-Made Surgical Instruments: Germany makes the second most instruments for surgery. These are a higher grade of quality but are more expensive. Most suppliers will buy from Germany if there looking for a higher grade surgical instrument.

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