Wear Simulation of Ceramic-on-Crosslinked Polyethylene Hip Prostheses: A New Non-Oxide Silicon Nitride versus the Gold Standard Composite Oxide Ceramic Femoral Heads

Autor: Matteo Zanocco, Kengo Yamamoto, Giuseppe Pezzotti, Yasuhito Takahashi, Saverio Affatato, Wenliang Zhu, Takaaki Shishido, Toshiyuki Tateiwa, Makiko Yorifuji, Elia Marin
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Toughness
wear
Materials science
BIOLOX®delta
0206 medical engineering
Oxide
vitamin-E-diffused crosslinked polyethylene
02 engineering and technology
lcsh:Technology
Article
Raman microspectroscopy
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
Residual stress
law
General Materials Science
Cubic zirconia
Ceramic
Composite material
lcsh:Microscopy
lcsh:QC120-168.85
Bearing (mechanical)
lcsh:QH201-278.5
lcsh:T
technology
industry
and agriculture
Silicon Nitride
Polyethylene
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
020601 biomedical engineering
chemistry
Silicon nitride
hip simulator
lcsh:TA1-2040
visual_art
visual_art.visual_art_medium
lcsh:Descriptive and experimental mechanics
lcsh:Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
0210 nano-technology
lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
lcsh:TK1-9971
Zdroj: Materials
Volume 13
Issue 13
Materials, Vol 13, Iss 2917, p 2917 (2020)
ISSN: 1996-1944
Popis: The purpose of the present study was to compare the wear behavior of ceramic-on-vitamin-E-diffused crosslinked polyethylene (Vit-E XLPE) hip bearings employing the gold standard oxide ceramic, zirconia (ZrO2)-toughened alumina (Al2O3) (ZTA, BIOLOX®
delta) and a new non-oxide ceramic, silicon nitride (Si3N4, MC2®
). In vitro wear test was performed using a 12-station hip joint simulator. The test was carried out by applying the kinematic inputs and outputs as recommended by ISO 14242-1:2012. Vitamin-E-diffused crosslinked polyethylene (Vit-E XLPE) acetabular liners (E1®
) were coupled with Ø
28-mm ZTA and Si3N4 femoral heads. XLPE liner weight loss over 5 million cycles (Mc) of testing was compared between the two different bearing couples. Surface topography, phase contents, and residual stresses were analyzed by contact profilometer and Raman microspectroscopy. Vit-E XLPE liners coupled with Si3N4 heads produced slightly lower wear rates than identical liners with ZTA heads. The mean wear rates (corrected for fluid absorption) of liners coupled with ZTA and Si3N4 heads were 0.53 ±
0.24 and 0.49 ±
0.23 mg/Mc after 5 Mc of simulated gait, respectively. However, after wear testing, the ZTA heads retained a smoother topography and showed fewer surface stresses than the Si3N4 ones. Note that no statistically significant differences were found in the above comparisons. This study suggests that the tribochemically formed soft silica layer on the Si3N4 heads may have reduced friction and slightly lowered the wear of the Vit-E XLPE liners. Considering also that the toughness of Si3N4 is superior to ZTA, the present wear data represent positive news in the future development of long-lasting hip components.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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