Surgical stainless steel

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.

^ Stainless Surgical Instruments. Boston Career Institute (BCI Inc.). YouTube (video). Brookline. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2018. Martensitic and austenitic are only described as 400 and 300 series.

[1] Stainless Surgical Instruments. Boston Career Institute (BCI Inc.). YouTube (video). Brookline. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2018. Martensitic and austenitic are only described as 400 and 300 series.

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