Compliant layer acetabular cups: Friction testing of a range of materials and designs for a new generation of prosthesis that mimics the natural joint

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

Volumn 220, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 583-596

  Scholes, S C ^a   Burgess, I C ^a   Marsden, H R ^a   Unsworth, A ^a   Jones, E ^b   Smith, N ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Stryker Howmedica Osteonics   (Ireland)

^c Stryker Howmedica Osteonics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetabular cup; Friction; Lubrication; Polyurethane; Total joint replacement

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; LUBRICATION; OPTIMIZATION; POLYURETHANES; SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS; WEAR OF MATERIALS; ARTHROPLASTY; DESIGN; MATERIALS TESTING; TESTING; TRIBOLOGY; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

ACETABULAR CUP; FRICTION TESTING; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

ACETABULAR CUP; APPROPRIATE MATERIALS; BEARING MATERIALS; FLUID-FILM LUBRICATION; LUBRICATING PROPERTIES; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; START-UP FRICTION; TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT;

BIOMATERIAL; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; FRICTION; HIP; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TORQUE;

ACETABULUM; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TORQUE;

EID: 33748474432     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119H06404     Document Type: Article

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