Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above defects or improvement needs of the prior art, the present invention aims to provide an apparatus suitable for modifying the surface of a metal implant, wherein by improving the functional components contained in the apparatus and the overall process of the treatment method corresponding to the apparatus, the problems of bacterial aggregation and easy peri-implant inflammation of the metal implant (such as a titanium metal implant) installed in the oral cavity and low biocompatibility of the existing treatment method can be effectively solved. The surface of the metal implant to be treated is modified by the metal powder sand blasting component (such as a magnesium powder sand blasting component) and the anodic oxidation treatment component which are matched for use, so that bacteria gathered by the metal implant can be effectively removed, the biocompatibility is good, and the negative influence on the thread structure of the metal implant can be avoided; accordingly, a new method of cleaning the implant surface in the mouth of a patient, in particular, can be achieved using the instrument.
In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for surface modification of a metal implant, comprising a blasting component for single use, or an anodizing component for single use, or a blasting component and an anodizing component for cooperation use;
for the sand blasting component used for independent use, the sand blasting component is used for performing metal powder sand blasting treatment on the surface of the metal implant to be treated, so that the exposed part of the metal implant is directly debrided, and the obtained metal implant subjected to sand blasting is the metal implant subjected to surface modification;
for the anodic oxidation treatment component used for independent use, the anodic oxidation treatment component is used for carrying out anodic corrosion treatment on the metal implant to be treated to obtain the metal implant subjected to anodic corrosion treatment, namely the metal implant subjected to surface modification; the anodic corrosion treatment specifically comprises the steps of connecting a metal implant to be treated with a positive electrode of a power supply, and connecting a metal material corresponding to the component of the metal implant with a negative electrode of the power supply;
for the sand blasting component and the anodic oxidation treatment component which are used in a matched mode, the sand blasting component is used for performing metal powder sand blasting treatment on the surface of the metal implant to be treated, so that the exposed part of the metal implant is directly debrided, and the metal implant subjected to sand blasting is obtained; the anodic oxidation treatment assembly is used for carrying out anodic corrosion treatment on the metal implant subjected to sand blasting to obtain the metal implant subjected to anodic corrosion treatment, namely the metal implant subjected to surface modification; the anodic corrosion treatment is to connect the metal implant subjected to sand blasting with the positive electrode of a power supply and connect the metal material corresponding to the components of the metal implant with the negative electrode of the power supply;
preferably, in the anodic oxidation treatment assembly for separate use, the metal implant to be treated is connected with a positive electrode of a power supply through a platinum electrode; in the sand blasting component and the anodic oxidation treatment component which are used in cooperation, the metal implant subjected to sand blasting is connected with the positive electrode of a power supply through a platinum electrode.
As a further preference of the present invention, the metal implant to be treated is a titanium metal implant to be treated; correspondingly, the metal material corresponding to the metal implant component is specifically a titanium elementary substance material;
preferably, the titanium metal implant to be treated is a titanium metal implant installed in the oral cavity.
In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the anodic corrosion treatment is performed using a physiological saline solution as an electrolyte;
the anodic oxidation treatment assembly further comprises an electrolyte barrel for storing physiological saline.
As a further preferred aspect of the present invention, the blasting assembly includes a blaster and a cartridge, the cartridge is used for storing the metal powder, and the blaster is used for forming the blasting by using the metal powder in the cartridge as a raw material.
In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the metal powder is a metal powder having a diameter of 5 to 45 μm; preferably, the metal powder is magnesium powder, zinc powder or titanium powder.
As a further preferable mode of the present invention, a distance between a blasting exit port of the blasting unit and the surface of the metal implant to be treated satisfies 0.1 to 1 cm.
As a further optimization of the invention, the anodic oxidation treatment component is used for providing 10-20V voltage for the anodic corrosion treatment, the distance between the cathode and the anode is 1-2 cm, and the treatment time of the anodic corrosion treatment is 7-10 s.
As a further preferred aspect of the present invention, the elemental titanium material is an elemental titanium sheet.
Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme of the invention has the advantages that the sand blasting component and/or the anodic oxidation treatment component are/is adopted to carry out independent or matched sand blasting treatment and anodic corrosion treatment on the metal implant to be treated, so that the surface of the metal implant can be effectively modified, and bacteria gathered by the metal implant can be removed.
The apparatus suitable for modifying the surface of the metal implant comprises a sand blasting assembly and an anodic oxidation treatment assembly which are used in cooperation, and the cooperation of metal powder sand blasting treatment (such as magnesium powder sand blasting treatment) and anodic corrosion treatment is utilized, so that the obtained apparatus is particularly suitable for modifying the surface of the metal implant, such as surface modification of the titanium implant, on one hand, bacteria of the titanium implant to be treated can be removed, and on the other hand, the treated titanium implant can be ensured to recover the biocompatibility.
Taking a titanium metal implant as an example, the basic principle of the sand blasting apparatus is to drive particles by compressed air to form a high-speed particle flow, and the particles act on the titanium surface through fine sand powder, so that dirt and bacteria on the titanium surface are removed by utilizing the kinetic energy of the particle flow. The metal powder adopted by the sand blasting treatment can be a material (such as magnesium powder, zinc powder, titanium powder and the like) with biocompatibility, and the surface of the implant can be cleaned. Taking magnesium powder sand blasting as an example, the invention can adopt magnesium powder for sand blasting, and magnesium is a biodegradable material and can be degraded in a machine body. In addition, the invention preferably adopts micron-sized magnesium powder, the diameter of magnesium powder particles is smaller and is close to the size of bacteria, and the bacteria on the surface of titanium can be removed in the sand blasting process. In the magnesium powder sand blasting process, a magnesium nano-layer is formed on the surface of the implant; although magnesium is relatively less biocompatible than titanium, good biocompatibility can be restored by subsequent galvanic anodic corrosion treatment.
The present invention preferably uses magnesium powder with a particle size similar to that of bacteria for sandblasting. The magnesium powder with the size can enter the micron-sized structure on the surface of the implant. During sand blasting, the magnesium powder impacts the surface of the implant under the driving of high-speed airflow, so that bacteria on the surface of the implant can be thoroughly removed. Although magnesium is less biocompatible than titanium than other methods, its excellent conductivity facilitates subsequent galvanic anodic corrosion treatment. In consideration of the safe voltage of a human body, the voltage of 10-20V is preferably used in the anodic corrosion treatment (namely, the anodic oxidation treatment component is used for providing 10-20V voltage for the anodic corrosion treatment), normal saline is used as an electrolyte, and the time is controlled within 1 minute (such as 7-10 s), the anodic corrosion treatment can corrode the magnesium layer after sand blasting, on one hand, the magnesium layer is completely removed, on the other hand, the titanium substrate can be subjected to weak anodic oxidation to generate titanium oxide, and the titanium substrate is covered by a thin oxide, so that most of biocompatibility is recovered. The anode can use a platinum electrode to clamp the implant to prevent the lead or other metal materials from extending into the electrolyte and corroding. The invention is suitable for the surface modification apparatus of titanium and other metal implants and the corresponding processing method, has simple and convenient operation and low cost, and has the advantages of rare advantages compared with other methods.
In addition, magnesium has good biocompatibility in terms of safety, for example, magnesium has an effect of inducing bone remodeling; magnesium can be degraded in human body, and magnesium ions generated by degradation can be discharged from human body, and will not generate toxicity to organs of human body such as liver and kidney. The magnesium has stronger reducibility and can be completely removed by a subsequent electrochemical corrosion method. Therefore, the present invention selects to sand blast by using biocompatible metal powder such as magnesium powder. In addition, by using the apparatus and the corresponding method, experiments show that the titanium after anode corrosion has a certain bacteriostatic action.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. In addition, the technical features involved in the embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.
The invention is suitable for the apparatus of surface modification of metal implant (such as titanium metal implant), corresponding to adopting the magnesium powder to decontaminate and the anodic corrosion method, the apparatus includes the magnesium powder sand blasting component and the anodic oxidation processing component used for cooperating integrally, take titanium metal implant as an example, wherein:
the magnesium powder sand blasting component is used for carrying out magnesium powder sand blasting treatment on the surface of the titanium metal implant to be treated, so that the part of the titanium metal implant exposed in the oral cavity can be debrided, and the titanium metal implant subjected to sand blasting is obtained;
the anodic oxidation treatment assembly is used for carrying out anodic corrosion treatment on the titanium metal implant subjected to sand blasting, and the anodic corrosion treatment specifically comprises the step of connecting the titanium metal implant subjected to sand blasting with the positive electrode of a power supply and connecting a titanium simple substance material with the negative electrode of the power supply.
Preferably, in the anodizing member, on the anode side, the titanium implant may be sandwiched by a platinum electrode; the platinum electrode may further be a platinum electrode clip connected to the positive electrode of the power supply. The anodic corrosion treatment can use physiological saline as electrolyte; the anodizing treatment assembly also includes an electrolyte cartridge that can be used to store saline.
The magnesium powder sandblast subassembly can include sand blaster and feed cylinder, and the feed cylinder is used for depositing the magnesium powder, and the sand blaster then is used for taking the magnesium powder in the feed cylinder as the raw materials and forms the sandblast.
When the device is used, the surface modification can be carried out on the titanium metal implant in situ in the oral cavity of a patient according to the following steps:
1. carrying out magnesium powder sand blasting treatment on the titanium surface:
and (3) blasting sand to the titanium implant by using a sand blaster, wherein the nozzle of the sand blaster is away from the titanium surface by a certain distance. And in the sand blasting process, the nozzle moves back and forth, so that a layer of uniform magnesium powder is covered on the titanium surface. The magnesium powder may in particular be pure magnesium powder with a diameter in the order of microns.
2. Anodic oxidation treatment:
sufficient physiological saline is added into the oral cavity as an electrolyte. The anode uses platinum electrode to clamp the implant, and the cathode uses titanium simple substance material to ensure that the electrolyte completely submerges the two electrodes. The cathode and the anode are kept opposite and at a certain distance. And D, electrifying direct current, and controlling the voltage to be constant. After a certain time the current is switched off.
The following are specific examples (each example was carried out at ambient temperature):
example 1:
this embodiment comprises the steps of:
1. the titanium implant is not subjected to sand blasting treatment.
2. Anodic corrosion treatment: sufficient physiological saline is added into the oral cavity as an electrolyte. The anode uses platinum electrode to clamp the implant, and the cathode uses titanium simple substance material to ensure that the electrolyte completely submerges the two electrodes. The cathode and the anode are kept opposite and kept at a distance of 1 cm. And D, electrifying direct current, and keeping the control voltage constant at 20V. The etching time was 7 seconds.
Example 2:
this embodiment comprises the steps of:
1. carrying out sand blasting treatment on the titanium implant:
and (3) carrying out sand blasting on the implant by using a sand blaster, wherein the nozzle of the sand blaster is about 0.4 cm away from the titanium surface. The powder for sand blasting is magnesium powder. The spout moves back and forth during the sand blasting process. After the treatment, the surface color of the titanium is changed and is uniform.
2. And no anode corrosion treatment is carried out after sand blasting.
Example 3:
this embodiment comprises the steps of:
1. carrying out sand blasting treatment on the titanium implant:
and (3) carrying out sand blasting on the implant by using a sand blaster, wherein the nozzle of the sand blaster is about 0.4 cm away from the titanium surface. The powder for sand blasting is titanium powder. The spout moves back and forth during the sand blasting process. After the treatment, the surface color of the titanium is changed and is uniform.
2. Without anodic corrosion treatment
Example 4:
this embodiment comprises the steps of:
1. carrying out sand blasting treatment on the titanium implant:
and (3) carrying out sand blasting on the implant by using a sand blaster, wherein the nozzle of the sand blaster is about 0.4 cm away from the titanium surface. The powder for sand blasting is zinc powder. The spout moves back and forth during the sand blasting process. After the treatment, the surface color of the titanium is changed and is uniform.
2. Without anodic corrosion treatment
Example 5:
this embodiment comprises the steps of:
1. carrying out sand blasting treatment on the titanium implant:
and (3) carrying out sand blasting on the implant by using a sand blaster, wherein the nozzle of the sand blaster is about 0.4 cm away from the titanium surface. The powder for sand blasting is magnesium powder. The spout moves back and forth during the sand blasting process. After the treatment, the surface color of the titanium is changed and is uniform.
2. Anodic corrosion treatment:
sufficient physiological saline is added into the oral cavity as an electrolyte. The anode uses platinum electrode to clamp the implant, and the cathode uses titanium simple substance material to ensure that the electrolyte completely submerges the two electrodes. The cathode and the anode are kept opposite and kept at a distance of 1 cm. And D, electrifying direct current, and keeping the control voltage constant at 20V. The etching time was 7 seconds.
Example 6:
this embodiment comprises the steps of:
1. carrying out sand blasting treatment on the titanium implant:
and (3) carrying out sand blasting on the implant by using a sand blaster, wherein the nozzle of the sand blaster is about 0.4 cm away from the titanium surface. The powder for sand blasting is magnesium powder. The spout moves back and forth during the sand blasting process. After the treatment, the surface color of the titanium is changed and is uniform.
2. Anodic corrosion treatment:
sufficient physiological saline is added into the oral cavity as an electrolyte. The anode uses platinum electrode to clamp the implant, and the cathode uses titanium simple substance material to ensure that the electrolyte completely submerges the two electrodes. The cathode and the anode are kept opposite and kept at a distance of 1 cm. And D, electrifying direct current, and keeping the control voltage constant at 20V. The etching time was 10 seconds.
Example 7:
this embodiment comprises the steps of:
1. carrying out sand blasting treatment on the titanium implant:
and (3) carrying out sand blasting on the implant by using a sand blaster, wherein the nozzle of the sand blaster is about 0.4 cm away from the titanium surface. The powder for sand blasting is magnesium powder. The spout moves back and forth during the sand blasting process. After the treatment, the surface color of the titanium is changed and is uniform.
2. Anodic corrosion treatment:
sufficient physiological saline is added into the oral cavity as an electrolyte. The anode uses platinum electrode to clamp the implant, and the cathode uses titanium simple substance material to ensure that the electrolyte completely submerges the two electrodes. The cathode was kept facing the anode and at a distance of 2 cm. And D, electrifying direct current, and keeping the control voltage constant at 20V. The etching time was 10 seconds.
Example 8:
this embodiment comprises the steps of:
1. carrying out sand blasting treatment on the titanium implant:
and (3) carrying out sand blasting on the implant by using a sand blaster, wherein the nozzle of the sand blaster is about 1cm away from the titanium surface. The powder for sand blasting is magnesium powder. The spout moves back and forth during the sand blasting process. After the treatment, the surface color of the titanium is changed and is uniform.
2. Anodic corrosion treatment:
sufficient physiological saline is added into the oral cavity as an electrolyte. The anode uses platinum electrode to clamp the implant, and the cathode uses titanium simple substance material to ensure that the electrolyte completely submerges the two electrodes. The cathode and the anode are kept opposite and kept at a distance of 1 cm. And D, electrifying direct current, and keeping the control voltage constant at 20V. The etching time was 10 seconds.
From the above examples 1-8, it can be seen that the magnesium powder sandblasting can completely remove the bacteria adhered to the implant, but the biocompatibility thereof is reduced, and in order to make the implant continue to exert the biological function well, the apparatus and the corresponding subsequent operation of the present invention further include anodic corrosion treatment, which changes the surface morphology of the implant and improves the biocompatibility thereof. The comparison of examples 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8 shows that anodic corrosion can remove the magnesium layer on the surface of the titanium implant and lead the surface of the implant to be slightly oxidized.
From a comparison of fig. 2, 3, sandblasting can effectively remove bacteria. As can be seen from fig. 4 and 5, the adhesion of the cells on the surface of the implant after sandblasting was poor, and the biocompatibility was improved by the anodic corrosion treatment.
The following is a list of other examples:
in the above table, when "blasting powder" and "blasting distance/cm" correspond to each example and are both "/", this means that the example is not subjected to blasting treatment; when "bipolar distance/cm", "voltage/V" and "etching time/s" are all "/", this example shows that the anodic etching treatment was not performed.
In the above embodiment, the in-situ treatment of the titanium implant is taken as an example, and the apparatus suitable for modifying the surface of the titanium implant in the present invention is also suitable for the in-vitro object, for example, in practical application, the titanium implant can be detached to obtain the in-vitro object, the magnesium powder sandblasting process is performed first to cover a layer of magnesium powder on the surface of the titanium implant, and then the titanium implant is immersed in an electrolyte (such as physiological saline) to perform the anodic corrosion process. Of course, the apparatus and corresponding methods of use of the present invention may also be used to similarly surface modify implants of other metals (e.g., titanium, niobium, tantalum, medical stainless steel alloys, cobalt chromium metals, etc.) in addition to titanium implants.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the invention, and that any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.