Stainless Steel For The Medical Industry – Complete Guide
                     By Vishwa Stainless
Medical industry in one of 
the toughest when in come 
to Quality Checks. While 
some metal passes the test 
but they are not cost 
efficient like Titanium.   
Stainless steel is dominating 
the medical Industry with Its 
Quality over other metals. 
And affordability than other 
metals. 
Stainless Steel Quality For Medical 
Industry
● Corrosion Resistance
● Durability
● Sanitization
Corrosion Resistance
Stainless Steel is Corrosion Resistant property 
makes it usable in place like hospital where many 
medicines and chemicals get contacted and affect 
metal. While with a special coating in stainless steel 
it becomes immune to acids. 
With this property it is widely used in body implant 
and surgical Equipment.  
Durability
How durable stainless steel is?
Stainless steel is used in construction, aerospace 
and many heavy duty place like bridges, Building’s 
structure, automobiles, space shuttle. 
Stainless steel is prefered after titanium in medical 
industry because it’s durability and cost efficiency. 
  
Sanitization
Stainless steel is not an Antimicrobial metal, still it 
is used because with help of sanitizing solutions 
anyone can sanitise stainless steel easily.
High temperature resistance, with heat treatment 
sanitizing is possible. In remote area this helps 
doctors many times.
Some medical Equipment manufacturer are 
developing a technique that adding some 
component makes stainless steel self cleaning   
  
Stainless Steel In the Orthopedic 
Industry
Safe and strong enough to implant in Human body 
stainless steel is used in cases like broken leg, 
joint replacement. A prosthetic body parts like leg, 
hand, fingers are made with stainless steel.
Use of stainless steel is growing day by day as new 
applications are found
Stainless Steel In Dental Industry 
You will find stainless steel in many for at your 
dentist. Mouth prop, Dental mirror, Cheek 
retractor, Tongue retractor, Lip retractor, Steel 
Wire.
Low cost and high performance makes it possible 
to use stainless steel in dental industry
Medical Stainless Steel Grades and 
components
● Grade 17-4PH ● Grade 316L
● Grade 304 ● Grade 410
● Grade 304L ● Grade 420
Grade 304
Non-magnetic stainless steel containing chromium 
from 15% to 20% and nickel from 2% to 11%, 
maximum carbon of 0.08%. versatile type of steel 
used in most of the industry.
Grade 304L
Lowe carbon variant of grade 304 containing 
chromium from 18% to 20% and nickel from 8% to 
12%, maximum carbon of 0.03%. can be welded by 
fusion and resistance welding processes.
Grade 316L
It is second importance after grade 304 in 
austenitic stainless
second in importance to 304 amongst the 
austenitic stainless steels containing chromium 
from 16% to 18% and nickel from 10% to 14%, 
maximum carbon of 0.03%, Molybdenum from 2% 
to 3 %.
Grade 410
It is general-purpose stainless steel containing 
chromium from 11.50% to 13.50% and a maximum 
of 0.15% carbon.
Grade 420
High-carbon steel with a minimum chromium 
content and can be hardened with a heat process. 
contains chromium from 12% to 14% and a 
minimum of 0.15% carbon.
Stainless Steel Equipments
● Hospital beds ● Prostheses 
● Wheelchairs ● Plates
● Surgical equipment such ● Medical needles
as scalpels ● Medical syringes
● Orthopedic implants ● Sensor probes
(Predominantly 316 / ● Catheters
316L) ● Otolaryngology ear 
● Artificial heart valves scope nozzles
(Predominantly 316 / ● Sinks 
316L) ● Bowls 
● Chemical / Hazardous ● Knives
waste containers
● Screws
Vishwa Stainless Pvt. Ltd. 
manufactures stainless steel bright 
round bars, hex bars, square bars in 
various grades such as 17-4PH, 304, 
304L, 316L, 420, 410, which is widely 
used in medical equipment 
manufacturer.
We are a leading stainless steel bright 
bars manufacturer and exporter in 
India providing high-quality products 
for various industries. For Business 
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