Tribological assessment of a flexible carbon-fibre-reinforced poly(ether-ether-ketone) acetabular cup articulating against an alumina femoral head

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

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273-283

  Scholes, S C ^a   Inman, I A ^a   Unsworth, A ^a   Jones, E ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Stryker Howmedica Osteonics   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Carbon fibre reinforced poly(ether ether ketone); Friction; Hip; Lubrication; Tribology; Wear

Indexed keywords

ACETABULAR COMPONENTS; ACETABULAR CUP; ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; BEARING SURFACES; CERAMIC HEADS; FEMORAL HEADS; FRICTION TEST; HIP; HIP SIMULATORS; IN-VIVO; LARGE-DIAMETER; LUBRICATION REGIMES; MIXED-BOUNDARY; NEW MATERIAL; OSTEOLYSIS; REVISION SURGERY; VOLUMETRIC WEAR RATES; WEAR; WEAR RATES; FIBRE REINFORCED; MATERIAL COMBINATION;

ETHERS; FIBERS; FRICTION; KETONES; TRIBOLOGY; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; ALUMINA; CARBON; CARBON FIBERS; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; LUBRICATION; POLYETHYLENES; REINFORCEMENT; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

HIP PROSTHESES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOMATERIAL; CARBON; CARBON FIBER; KETONE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLYETHERETHERKETONE; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE; ULTRA-HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ACETABULUM; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; FEMUR HEAD; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACETABULUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CARBON; CERAMICS; FEMUR HEAD; FRICTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KETONES; LUBRICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; OSTEOLYSIS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 47649088851     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM334     Document Type: Article

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