Biocompatibility of alumina ceramic and polyethylene as materials for pivot bearings of a centrifugal blood pump

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 381-386

  Takami, Yoshiyuki ^a   Nakazawa, Tadashi ^a   Makinouchi, Kenzo ^a   Glueck, Julie ^a   Nosé, Yukihiko ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alumina ceramic; Biocompatibility; Centrifugal blood pump; Pivot bearing; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD; CERAMIC MATERIALS; MUTAGENESIS; TOXICITY; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

CENTRIFUGAL BLOOD PUMPS;

BIOMATERIALS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; POLYETHYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD PUMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; GUINEA PIG; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; HUMANS; POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0031554910     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(19970905)36:3<381::AID-JBM12>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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