VERILAST Knee Technology builds on the OXINIUM material’s decade of success, joining this lightweight, hypoallergenic metal with a special “highly cross-linked” plastic that is more resistant to common implant wear. When these two surfaces work together in the joint, they do amazing and unprecedented things...

OXINIUM material—a patented metal alloy and ceramic hybrid—has proven to be a superior metal for use in hip implants due to its hardness, smoothness and resistance to scratching and abrasion. The superior strength results in significantly less wear than cobalt chrome (historically the material of choice in hip implants)...