Comparison of Biomechanical Properties of Carbon-carbon and Glass Composites

Composite materials based on various precursors have been tested for several years as biomaterials in medicine, esp. in bone surgery. New technologies allow to produce composites with required mechanical properties close to those of human bones, of a suitable shape and size of the pores, facilitating or preventing the ingrowth of the bone cells, and with excellent biological properties. They are non-toxic, bio-neutral as well as bio-active and their advantages include the fact that they do not form shadows during the X-ray and CT screenings or magnetic resonance [1].