Surgical stainless steel
Grade of stainless steel used in biomedical applications / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Surgical steel" redirects here. For the Carcass album, see Surgical Steel (album).
Surgical stainless steel is a grade of stainless steel used in biomedical applications. The most common "surgical steels" are austenitic SAE 316 stainless and martensitic SAE 440, SAE 420, and 17-4 stainless steels.[1] There is no formal definition on what constitutes a "surgical stainless steel", so product manufacturers and distributors often apply the term to refer to any grade of corrosion resistant steel.