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The cost of passivation of implants

April 2, 2009

Please excuse my limited knowledge of manufacturing. I am an MD/MBA student working on a project related to orthopedic manufacturing.

Can anyone tell me how I might be able to quantify the cost of the nitric acid passivation step in the manufacture of hip implants?

Many thanks for your assistance!

Catherine Fiscella
student - Boston, Massachusetts

Hi, Catherine. The best way would probably be to email a couple of passivators who actually do implants and ask them if they would give you a budgetary quote for your project. They may tell you that electropolishing rather than nitric acid passivation is the usual treatment.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
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