Reduction of Wear in Total Hip Replacement Prostheses by Amorphous Diamond Coatings

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 410-413

  Lappalainen, Reijo ^a   Selenius, Mikko ^a   Anttila, Asko ^b   Konttinen, Yrjö T ^b   Santavirta, Seppo S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amorphous diamond; Hip simulator; Total hip replacement; Wear resistance

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; DEBRIS; DIAMONDS; LUBRICATION; PLASMA ARC CUTTING; SIMULATORS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

WEAR RATES;

PROSTHETICS;

DIAMOND; METAL; POLYETHYLENE; STAINLESS STEEL; BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; LONGEVITY; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; OSTEOLYSIS; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; PROSTHESIS WEAR; QUALITY CONTROL; SIMULATOR; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; DIAMOND; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0348014820     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.10026     Document Type: Article

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