Contact stress assessment of conventional and highly crosslinked ultra high molecular weight polyethylene acetabular liners with finite element analysis and pressure sensitive film

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Plank, Gordon R ^a   Estok II, Daniel M ^a   Muratoglu, Orhun K ^a   O'Connor, Daniel O ^a   Burroughs, Brian R ^a   Harris, William H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetabular; Crosslinked; FEA; Fuji Film; Polyethylene; THR

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STRESS ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

CROSSLINKED MATERIALS; FUJI FILM; POLYETHYLENE LINERS; PRESSURE SENSITIVE FILMS; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT (THR);

ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ALGOMETRY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT STRESS; CROSS LINKING; EVALUATION; FILM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRESSURE SENSITIVE FILM; STRESS; THICKNESS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ACETABULUM; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33845948266     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30560     Document Type: Article

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