Biomedical Engineering Online

Stainless steel:

• Joint replacements
• Bone fracture fixation
• Heart valves
• electrodes

Titanium and titanium alloys:

• Joint replacements
• Dental bridges and dental implants
• Coronary stents

Cobalt-chrome alloys:

• Joint replacements
• Bone fracture fixation

Gold:

• Dental fillings and crowns
• Electrodes

Silver:

• Pacemaker wires
• Suture materials
• Dental amalgams

Platinum:

• Electrodes
• Neural stimulation devices