Can accelerated aqueous aging simulate in vivo oxidation of gamma-sterilized UHMWPE?

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-85

  Mazzucco, Daniel C ^a,b   Dumbleton, John ^c   Kurtz, Steven M ^a,b  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Consultancy in Medical Devices ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated aging methods; Oxidation; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGING METHODS; AGING PROTOCOL; POLYETHYLENE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTILLATION; OXIDATION; PARTIAL PRESSURE; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); THERMAL EFFECTS;

POLYETHYLENES;

ALDEHYDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; WATER;

ACCELERATED AGING METHOD; AGING; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PROCESS DESIGN; RADIATION STERILIZATION; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VESSEL;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; GAMMA RAYS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENES; WATER;

EID: 33749164942     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30514     Document Type: Article

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