Design aspects of compliant, soft layer bearings for an experimental hip prosthesis

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-87

  Scholes, S C ^a   Unsworth, A ^a   Blamey, J M ^a   Burgess, I C ^a   Jones, E ^b   Smith, N ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Stryker Howmedica Osteonics   (Ireland)

^c Formerly Stryker Howmed Osteonics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Friction; Polyurethane; Total hip replacement

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FILMS; FRICTION; HARDNESS; LUBRICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYURETHANES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WEAR OF MATERIALS; ARTHROPLASTY; JOINT PROSTHESES;

CONTACT AREA ANALYSIS; FLUID FILM LUBRICATION; FRICTION TEST; OVINE ARTHOPLASTY; SOFT LAYER BEARINGS; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT;

HIP PROSTHESES;

ACETABULAR COMPONENTS; ASEPTIC LOOSENING; BEARING SURFACES; COMPLIANT LAYER; CONTACT ANALYSIS; FLUID-FILM LUBRICATION; SOFT LAYER BEARINGS; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT (THR);

BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; FRICTION; HIP; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LUBRICATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 17844381290     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441105X9318     Document Type: Article

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