Cementless femoral stem MectaGrip®

Mectagrip is Medacta’s plasma sprayed titanium coating designed to enhance initial stability due to its high coefficient of friction and potential long-term fixation inherent to titanium plasma sprayed devices. Since its introduction in the 1980s, it has become one of the gold standards in cementless fixation. Mectagrip consists of a layer of commercially pure titanium deposited through a special Vacuum Plasma Spray technique (VPS). The VPS method used to deposit the titanium coating on the implant shows potential advantages: Pure titanium composition for biocompatibility;High friction coefficient increasing grip at the interface with bone;Favourable environment for bone: open pores with pore dimensions between 100÷350µm;continuous interconnected pores.