Ceramic Components Totalknee

Implant components implants are made of metal alloys ceramic material or strong plastic parts.

Ceramic components totalknee.

The author or one or more of the authors have received or will receive. In vitro study of three body wear at tibial polyethylene inserts articulating with metallic and ceramic femoral components for total knee paper presented at the 12th efort congress abstract cd no. In total knee replacement damaged bone and cartilage are removed and replaced with metal components that recreate the surface of the joint. Lima corporate villanova di san daniele udine italy in collaboration with ceramtec provided biolox delta ceramic femoral components with a design identical to those made of a cobalt chromium alloy for the multigen plus total knee replacement system which is available and in use since 1997 fig.

Therefore the surgeon was able to use. Thirty eight primary total knee arthroplasties tkas were performed on 34 patients using the metal free bpk s ceramic total knee replacement system with both the femoral and tibial components of an alumina zirconia ceramic composite. In tha articulating components are used with optimum contact contributions resulting in limited local stresses even if joint loads are high. Hinorobu oonishi m d phd s c.

Comparison of in vivo wear between polyethylene inserts articulating against ceramic and cobalt chrome femoral components in total knee prostheses. 490 copenhagen denmark 2011 google scholar. Kyoto japan and implanted by oonishi in the early 1980s.