Medical Applications

Metals used in medical applications

United Performance Metals provides titanium, cobalt chrome molybdenum, and surgical grade stainless steel for medical applications such as implants and instrumentation. Our medical products are melt-source traceable and universally accepted by all major medical OEMs. United Performance Metals has ISO 13485 approval. We offer custom precision ground sizes and tolerances available on demand and screw machine quality material tolerance of +/- .005". Take advantage of our custom supply chain management and global access to medical grade materials in bar, sheet and plate for your most critical medical applications.

View our medical grade materials here.

Application Product Inventory
Most common medical implant applications for bone screws, plates, hooks, cages and rods for orthopedic, spinal, trauma and reconstructive markets

Ti-6AL-4V ELI

ASTM F-136

0.012” – 4.000”, 0.305 mm – 101.6 mm sheet and plate

0.125” – 12.00”, 3.175 mm – 304.8 mm bar

Used for higher strength medical implant applications such as orthopedic, trauma and dental for rods, bone screws, plates, intramedullary nails

Ti-6AL-4V

ASTM F-1472

0.012” – 4.000”, 0.305 mm – 101.6 mm sheet and plate

0.125” – 12.00”, 3.175 mm – 304.8 mm bar

Commonly used for dental, trauma, and maxillofacial applications where ductility is important for staples, clips, pacemakers, plates, screws, orthodontia and implantable pumps

C.P. Grade 2

C.P. Grade 3

C.P. Grade 4

ASTM F-67

 

0.012” – 2.000”, 0.305 mm – 50.8 mm sheet and plate

0.012” – 0.080”, 0.305 mm – 2.032 mm sheet and plate

Orthopedic hip, knee and shoulder replacements, spinal rods and disk replacement

CCM Cobalt Chrome Moly

ASTM F-1537

0.125” – 3.000” round bar

 

Surgical instruments for orthopedic, spinal, and dental markets, drill bits, drivers, distractors, shafts

Custom 455

ASTM F-899

0.125” – 3.000” round bar

Surgical instruments for orthopedic, spinal, and dental markets, drill bits, drivers, distractors

Custom 465®  

ASTM F-899

0.125” – 3.000” round bar

Bone plates, screws, staples, surgical, fixation, orthodontia implant devices, vascular stents

316LS

ASTM F-138

0.125” – 3.000” round bar