 |
Glenn
Research Center
1987 Phase I
Oxidation
Resistant Ti-6Al-4V-SiC Composite Materials by Ion-Beam Processing
Spire
Corporation
Bedford, MA
|
INNOVATION
Advanced metallic
and ceramic coating technology for medical and industrial applications
using ion beam assisted deposition
|
Ion Beam Assisted Deposition Process
|
|
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Demonstrated improved performance
of various coated devices, providing better function and/or
longer effective life
|
COMMERCIALIZATION
- This NASA SBIR
Phase I contract contributed in part to the establishment of
Spire’s ion beam assisted deposition (IBAD) processing
capabilities, upon which several current commercial applications
are based
- Spire
currently processes over ten thousand medical and industrial
components by IBAD annually, resulting in nearly a million
dollars in annual revenues
- Broad commercial applications
for the technology exist in the medical, industrial, and military
sectors
|
GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- Silver-based antimicrobial
coatings for reducing bacterial colonization and infection
in medical devices
- Dielectric coatings for thermoelectric
surgical instruments
- Advanced metal catalyst coatings
for fuel cell membranes
|
| For more
information about this firm, please send e-mail to company
representative
Return
to NASA SBIR Success Listings
|
Biomedical/Medical;
Materials
Curator: SBIR
Support 4/24/06
|
