Additive Manufacturing of Titanium-Based Implants with Metal-Based Antimicrobial Agents

Due to increasing bacterial resistance antibiotics, surface coatings of medical devices with antimicrobial agents have come the fore. These on were basically thin that delaminated from due fluid environment and biomechanical activities associated in-service implants. The conventional methods manufacturing been used alloy metal-based (MBA) such as Cu Ti6Al4V enhance its antibacterial properties but failed produce intricate shapes. Additive technology, laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), could be Ti6Al4V–xCu shapes osseointegration, not successful for texturing surfaces samples at nanoscale.