Wear Evaluation of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Using Pin-On-Flat and Hip Simulation Techniques

Autor: Joel C. Higgins, David W. Schroeder
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: MRS Proceedings. 394
ISSN: 1946-4274
0272-9172
DOI: 10.1557/proc-394-35
Popis: Reduction of wear and wear debris is one of the most important areas of research presently in the field of orthopedic devices. It is speculated that wear debris is one of the contributing factors in the cascade of events that lead to osteolysis. In this regard it is very important to be able to evaluate in vitro the wear of UHMWPE produced by various manufacturing methods. Presently the three most common methods of wear testing are: pin-on-flat, pin-on-disk, and hip simulator.Wear evaluation was performed on gamma irradiated UHMWPE that was manufactured by three different processes: extrusion, direct compression molding, and isostatic compression molding. The wear evaluation consisted of pin-on-flat and hip simulator testing.omparison of the results from these two different types of tests show that the two tests would rank the wear resistance of the UHMWPE in the same order. However, there is a variation in the difference of the wear rates between the two tests. The pin-on-flat results show that the direct and isostatic compression molded material had approximately 50% less wear than the extruded material whereas the hip simulator results show that the isostatic compression molded material had 16% less wear than the extruded material. The difference in the results of these two tests are the effects of a combination of factors including the mechanical and material properties of the UHN4WPE, modes of wear that are active, the state of stress (constant vs. cyclic) in the specimens, third body contamination of the lubricant, bacterial degradation of the bovine serum lubricant, etc. Both tests are very important and necessary in the evaluation of wear of orthopedic materials.
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