Engineered for Longevity
Dymicron® created Adymite™, a polycrystalline diamond material that is biocompatible and man-made. Adymite is created from one of the most durable materials on Earth.
Adymite is a synthetic material created by bonding diamond crystals under high pressure and temperature, resulting in an ultra-hard, wear-resistant material. This unique structure is engineered to deliver unparalleled performance in demanding applications, like medical devices.
Dymicron’s patented and proprietary manufacturing process for Adymite produces a material engineered for exceptional strength, reliability, and long-term durability. Developed specifically for advanced medical device applications, Adymite is designed to extend implant longevity and support next-generation structural design.
Engineered for Strength and Durability
A composite material, Adymite is a sintered monobloc of diamond microcrystals that have been fused together at a pressure of 1 million pounds per square inch and a temperature of 1,400° Celsius; a small percentage of the construct is a metallic alloy that facilitates the sintering process. The resulting Adymite maintains the extreme properties for which natural diamond is known, but is significantly more durable.
Dymicron’s extensive biomechanical testing has shown that Adymite may be the ideal material for spinal disc and joint replacement devices. Engineered to exceed the performance of traditional materials, Adymite offers fracture resistance greater than that of natural diamond — the hardest known substance on Earth.
What sets Adymite apart even further is its ultra-low coefficient of friction and exceptional wear resistance. In rigorous, high-stress wear tests, Adymite outperformed cobalt-chrome — the industry-standard orthopedic device alloy — by over 1,000 times, demonstrating unmatched durability for long-term device function.
In simulated testing, Adymite exhibits dramatically less wear than traditional implant materials. Above, a representation the amount of wear debris generated by 20 million cycles is shown for polyethylene (white), cobalt-chrome (silver), and Adymite.
Engineered for Life in Motion
This means that wear debris and its associated complications could soon become a thing of the past. Think about it! Given the negative, and sometimes catastrophic, effects wear debris can have on a patient, Adymite’s ability to make wear debris nearly non-existent is a game-changing technology in spinal and orthopedic devices.
Dymicron’s vision is to deliver spinal disc and joint replacement devices marked by exceptional strength, performance and durability—built to last more than a lifetime—for patients with injured or degenerative discs or joints. Thanks to its extreme properties, Adymite is ushering in a new generation of medical devices, we believe, would be impossible with any other material.
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