Trauma Surgery Support Titanium Rod Medical Grade

Long bone fractures. Femur. Tibia. Humerus. The bone breaks. Needs something down the middle to keep it straight.
Trauma surgery support titanium rod medical grade goes into the medullary canal. Intramedullary nail. Interlocking screws at both ends. The rod takes the load. The bone heals around it.
Car crashes. Falls. Sports injuries. Any high-energy trauma that splits a long bone.
 

This comes up all the time. Patients ask. Surgeons have preferences. Here's what you need to know.
Stainless steel is stronger in raw numbers. Higher tensile. But it's also much stiffer. 200 GPa vs 110 GPa for titanium. Stiffer means more stress shielding. The bone gets weaker because the rod takes all the load.
Titanium's modulus is closer to bone. That matters for healing.

For trauma surgery support titanium rod medical grade, most surgeons now choose titanium. Better bone biology. Better imaging. No nickel issues.
 

ASTM F136 is the medical standard for Ti-6Al-4V ELI. ELI means Extra Low Interstitial. Lower oxygen. Lower iron. Higher toughness than regular Grade 5.

Chemical composition (max limits)

ELI oxygen limit is 0.13%. Regular Grade 5 is 0.20%. That difference matters for toughness and fatigue life.

Length varies by bone. Femur rods are typically 340mm to 480mm. Tibia rods 240mm to 340mm. Humerus rods 160mm to 260mm. Custom lengths available.

• Femur. Thigh bone. Highest load. Car crashes. Rod goes in through the top of the bone, just above the knee, or through the hip. Interlocking screws at both ends. Patient can bear weight early.

• Tibia. Shin bone. High energy. Same idea. Rod down the middle. Screws in the top and bottom.

• Humerus. Upper arm. Less load. Rod through the top of the shoulder. No weight bearing needed.

• The rod stays in most patients. Some surgeons remove it after the bone heals. Many leave it forever. Titanium causes no issues long term.

Rod alone doesn't stop rotation. The bone pieces can still twist.

Interlocking screws solve that. Two screws at the top. Two at the bottom. Through the bone and through the rod. The construct becomes rigid.

Screw holes in the rod are precisely placed. Deformation is not allowed. If the rod bends, the screws don't line up.

For trauma surgery support titanium rod medical grade, hole position tolerance is critical. We hold ±0.1mm on hole locations.

Trauma rods contact bone and soft tissue. Surface matters.

No porous coating. Intramedullary rods don't need bone ingrowth. They're locked with screws. Some bone will grow around the rod anyway.

Trauma rods cycle. Patient walks. Bone heals slowly. The rod sees millions of cycles before the bone takes over.

ASTM F136 requires fatigue testing. This is not optional for medical grade. We provide fatigue data with each lot.

The ELI chemistry helps. Lower oxygen content means better fatigue resistance. That's why implant grade is ELI, not commercial Grade 5.

Patients aren't all the same size. A femur rod for a tall patient is longer than for a shorter one.

We supply rods in standard lengths and custom. Common custom requests:

Send your length and hole pattern. We cut to size, machine holes, deburr, passivate, pack.

Trauma rods are medical devices. Class II or III. Full traceability required.

Every trauma surgery support titanium rod medical grade comes with:

EN 10204 3.1 standard. 3.2 available with third-party witness.

We keep samples from every heat. If your notified body audits, we have the backup.

Long bone fractures need strong, biocompatible support down the middle.

Trauma surgery support titanium rod medical grade delivers that.

Lighter than steel. Better for bone. MRI safe. No nickel.
For femur. For tibia. For humerus.