Replies to post #21421 on SiNtx Technologies Inc (SINT)

[boston745]

Research Sr Engineer II (607126)- Biomaterials research (Metallurgy)
Requisition Number AMER15065
Employment Type Full-time
Location Warsaw

Job Summary
Provides advanced technical support towards the accomplishment of research and product development team objectives. Incumbent will be responsible for several research and testing projects relating to the thermomechanical processing of metals and ceramics.

http://www.zimmer.com/careers/search/job-details.html?id=QCVFK026203F3VBQBV7V47VNG&nPostingID=114169&nPostingTargetID=165148&mask=zimextus&lg=EN

14.2.5 Nanoscale ceramic coatings
Ceramic coatings can provide high-performance oxide layers on metals and alloys to solve the problems of corrosion, wear, heat, insulation and friction.1 Some ceramic coatings include thermal spray coating, plasma spray coating, sputter coating, dry-film lubricants and other wet chemical and electrochemical coatings.47-49 The thickness of ceramic films can range from 50 nm to several micron meters, depending on the application and coating processes. Recently, new nanoscale ceramic coatings such as Si3N4,50 silicon carbide,51 a diamond-like coating,52 boron nitride53 and cerium oxide47 have been considered in metal and alloy coatings to produce promising high-temperature structural materials due to their excellent thermo-mechanical properties.

[boston745]

does a product with this potential market size sound like its worth only 4 million?!

List of current/potential Si3N4 based products by market application:

Spine Market  
  Spinal Fusion implants  
  Coating for Metal Rods/Screws  
  powder form Si3N4 for PEEK based implants  
  coating for Articulating Implants  
    
  Hip Market  
  Femoral Head   
  Coating for Femoral Stem & Neck  
    
  Knee Market  
  femoral condyle  
  coating for any metal parts  
    
  S.E.T  
  suture anchor (sports medicine)  
  osteotomy wedge (extremities applications)  
  silicon nitride-coated plates (trauma applications)  
    
  Dental Market  
  dental implants   
  Coatings for Dental implants and devices  
    
  Coating Market (not mentioned above)  
  shoulder  
  phalanges  
  artificial blood vessels   
  shunts   
  implants for facial or other reconstructive plastic surgery  
  middle ear implants  
    
  Si3N4 Powder Market  
  catheters  
  medical therapies  
  tables   
  clothing  
  filters   
  masks   
  gloves  
  catheters  
  endoscopic instruments  
  & More

This list covers a collective market size that far exceeds the 50 billion listed in my blog! /quote]