Wear of novel ceramic-on-ceramic bearings under adverse and clinically relevant hip simulator conditions

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1456-1462

  Al Hajjar, Mazen ^a   Jennings, Louise M ^a   Begand, Sabine ^b   Oberbach, Thomas ^b   Delfosse, Daniel ^c   Fisher, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Fertigung Keramik Mathys Orthopädie GmbH   (Germany)

^c Mathys Medizinaltechnik AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ceramic on ceramic; edge loading; hip replacement; microseparation; stripe wear

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ARTHROPLASTY; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HIP PROSTHESES; NONMETALLIC BEARINGS; PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; WEAR OF MATERIALS; WEAR RESISTANCE; ZIRCONIA;

ALUMINA TOUGHENED ZIRCONIAS; CERAMIC ON CERAMIC; COMPOSITION MEASUREMENTS; EDGE LOADING; HIP REPLACEMENTS; MICRO-SEPARATION; TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT (THR); ZIRCONIA TOUGHENED ALUMINA;

CERAMIC PROSTHETICS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ZIRCONIUM; BIOMATERIAL; CERAMICS;

ARTICLE; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMUR HEAD; GAIT; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; SIMULATOR; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; WEIGHT BEARING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; HIP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATTLE; CERAMICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIP JOINT; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 84886600622     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.32965     Document Type: Article

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