Chemical Stability and Reliability of Metals in Medicine

The chemical stability of medical materials in biological environments is vital to long-term medical device performance and patient safety. Organized by the European Federation of Corrosion WG “Corrosion of Medical Implants and Devices”, this workshop brings together researchers, clinicians and industry to connect clinical observations with mechanistic understanding of metallic material degradation, and discuss how advances in vitro characterization, testing and standardization can improve medical device reliability.