Oxidation and oxidation potential in contemporary packaging for polyethylene total joint replacement components

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-26

  Costa, Luigi ^a   Bracco, Pierangiola ^a   Brach Del Prever, Elena Maria ^a,b   Kurtz, Steven M ^c,d   Gallinaro, Paolo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier packaging; Degradation; Ethylene oxide; Gas plasma; Macroradicals; Oxidation; Radiation sterilization; Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DEGRADATION; OXIDATION; PACKAGING; POLYMERS;

BARRIER PACKAGING; GAS PLASMA; MACRORADICALS; RADIATION STERILIZATION; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE (UHMWPE);

JOINT PROSTHESES;

ETHYLENE OXIDE; FREE RADICAL; HYDROPEROXIDE; POLYAMIDE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; GAMMA RADIATION; GAS PERMEABILITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ITALY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PACKAGING; RADIATION STERILIZATION;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ETHYLENE OXIDE; GAMMA RAYS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENES; PRODUCT PACKAGING;

DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE OXIDE; MEDICAL SURGICAL SUPPLIES; OXIDATION; PACKAGING; POLYMERS;

EID: 33745727024     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30454     Document Type: Article

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