Development of thermo-mechanical processing for fabricating highly durable β-type Ti-Nb-Ta-Zr rod for use in spinal fixation devices

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages 207-216

  Narita, Kengo ^a,c   Niinomi, Mitsuo ^b   Nakai, Masaaki ^b   Hieda, Junko ^b   Oribe, Kazuya ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Showa Ika Kohgyo Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging treatments; Beta type; Biomaterials; Cord working; Fatigue strength; Mechanical properties; Spinal devices; Titanium alloys

Indexed keywords

0.2% PROOF STRESS; AGING TREATMENT; BETA TITANIUM ALLOY; BETA-TYPE; CALIBER ROLLING; COLD SWAGING; FATIGUE STRENGTH; HIGH ELONGATION; ORIENTATION RELATIONSHIP; SOLUTION TREATMENTS; SPINAL DEVICES; SPINAL FIXATION; THERMO-MECHANICAL PROCESSING; THERMOMECHANICAL PROCESS; UNIFORM STRUCTURE;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STRESSES; SWAGING; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT; TITANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCONIUM;

COLD ROLLING;

ALLOY; NIOBIUM; TANTALUM; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIXATION DEVICE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; STRENGTH;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NIOBIUM; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SOLUTIONS; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TANTALUM; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84859489476     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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