SiNtx Technologies Inc (SINT)

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Like youd think hed like this post that links to sintx website

Adding a coating of SINTX silicon nitride to a metallic implant makes it possible to combine functional properties from the two to make a single, superior product. Read more here:

Bright Prospects for Silicon Nitride Medical Device Coatings

BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR SILICON NITRIDE MEDICAL DEVICE COATINGS

that medical device companies are excited about the prospect of coating metal materials with silicon nitride. Knowing the many superior properties of our materials, it makes good sense that medical device firms would be thrilled about the idea of coating their metal-based products with silicon nitride.

This maybe why ortho companies do not want to switch to full si3n4 implants. If this is in fact a big obstacle I guess a slow transition is in the cards

Second, coating a metal implant enables the manufacturer to minimize costs associated with implementing a new material into their product line. The size of the implant, insertion tools, and packaging could largely remain the same if the silicon nitride coating was only a few microns thick. The costs associated with training clinician customers on a new product would also be minimized, since the implant would effectively be an iterative enhancement of the underlying metal device that the clinician has likely been implanting for some time.

Maybe just marketing speak but I genuinely hope its more true than propaganda!

What was previously a shiny silver implant will become a very dark shade of gray. This enables the medical device manufacturer to receive the credit they deserve for making an enhancement on behalf of clinicians and their patients. As we continue discussions with other medical device companies, rest assured that silicon nitride coatings will only grow in importance. 

https://sintx.com/2512-2/

So as you can see itd make more sense for Dr Lal to have liked this as its most likely what he does in Swindon.