tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post6538361334300502558..comments2023-07-14T07:42:45.273-05:00Comments on Beam Me Up - Science & Science Fiction news: Wolverine's skeleton! " you too can have one!"Beam Me Uphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-46673081903471741272010-09-27T22:35:12.732-05:002010-09-27T22:35:12.732-05:00Ok Anon, that ws where I wasn't making the dis...Ok Anon, that ws where I wasn't making the distinction - mine was not a repair but a rather sizable appliance to reduce the fracture which is a nice way of saying I snapped the ball off clean.Beam Me Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-38252752465747829162010-09-27T20:36:15.046-05:002010-09-27T20:36:15.046-05:00Certainly some, maybe all, of the pins, screws, &a...Certainly some, maybe all, of the pins, screws, & attachments are Ti, but the appliances themselves (the actualy replacement joint) are cobalt steel. Non-metal joints are generaly ceramic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-76462082700073710462010-09-26T15:29:02.635-05:002010-09-26T15:29:02.635-05:00Anon
I thought the article was a bit too inclusive...Anon<br />I thought the article was a bit too inclusive...but, then...I wonder if we are a bit off by say All are Cobalt. When they reattached the ball on my hip with a pin and plate, I said something to that effect only I said surgical steel and they called me on it saying nope, the pin was titanium...I can not remember what they said about the plate though....very well could have been colbalt Beam Me Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-81474782035886664932010-09-25T13:02:17.242-05:002010-09-25T13:02:17.242-05:00Actually, metal implants like knees, hips, and sho...Actually, metal implants like knees, hips, and shoulders are made of cobalt steel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com