Testing of silicon nitride ceramic bearings for total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 447-454

  Bal, B Sonny ^a   Khandkar, Ashok ^b   Lakshminarayanan, R ^b   Clarke, Ian ^c   Hoffman, Aaron A ^d   Rahaman, Mohamed N ^e  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b Amedica Corporation   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

Implant design; Joint replacement; Orthopedic; Silicon nitride; Stress; Total hip arthroplasty; Wear; Wear testing

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BENDING STRENGTH; BUILDING MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHROMIUM; COBALT; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; HOT PRESSING; JOINT PROSTHESES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NITRIDES; NONMETALLIC BEARINGS; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SINTERING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TRANSITION METALS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; ZIRCONIA;

IMPLANT DESIGN; JOINT REPLACEMENT; ORTHOPEDIC; TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY; WEAR; WEAR TESTING;

BALL BEARINGS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; SILICON NITRIDE; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERAMICS; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; FEMUR HEAD; RELIABILITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; CERAMICS; HIP PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 55049119972     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31123     Document Type: Article

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