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Improved Resistance to Wear, Delamination and Posterior Loading Fatigue Damage of Electron Beam Irradiated, Melt-Annealed, Highly Crosslinked UHMWPE Knee Inserts Available to Purchase
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JQ Yao
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JQ Yao
1
Principal Engineer, Vice President of Research and Biologics, Senior Engineer, Principal Engineer, Director of Analytical and Experimental Mechanics, Director of Research Processes, Director of Process Technology, and Chief Scientific Officer/Senior Vice President
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CR Blanchard
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CR Blanchard
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Principal Engineer, Vice President of Research and Biologics, Senior Engineer, Principal Engineer, Director of Analytical and Experimental Mechanics, Director of Research Processes, Director of Process Technology, and Chief Scientific Officer/Senior Vice President
, respectively, Research Department, Zimmer, Inc.
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X Lu
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X Lu
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Principal Engineer, Vice President of Research and Biologics, Senior Engineer, Principal Engineer, Director of Analytical and Experimental Mechanics, Director of Research Processes, Director of Process Technology, and Chief Scientific Officer/Senior Vice President
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MP Laurent
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MP Laurent
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TS Johnson
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TS Johnson
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LN Gilbertson
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LN Gilbertson
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DF Swarts
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DF Swarts
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Yao, J, Blanchard, C, Lu, X, Laurent, M, Johnson, T, Gilbertson, L, Swarts, D, & Crowninshield, R. "Improved Resistance to Wear, Delamination and Posterior Loading Fatigue Damage of Electron Beam Irradiated, Melt-Annealed, Highly Crosslinked UHMWPE Knee Inserts." Crosslinked and Thermally Treated Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene for Joint Replacements. Ed. Kurtz, S, Gsell, R, & Martell, J. 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959 : ASTM International, 2004.
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Recently, a knee prosthesis containing an electron beam irradiated (58 – 72 kGy, nominal dose of 65 kGy), melt-annealed, highly crosslinked UHMWPE (HXPE) tibial insert has been developed. In the present study, the wear and delamination resistance of the HXPE tibial insert and its fatigue performance under a posterior loading condition have been evaluated against its conventional gamma-sterilized UHMWPE counterpart (37kGy, in nitrogen). The test methodologies used were newly developed with the aim to evaluate this new material under severe testing conditions.
In comparison to the gamma controls, the HXPE inserts: (a) wore significantly less (achieving wear reductions of 81% and 73% over 5 and 20 million cycles, respectively); (b) exhibited significantly improved delamination resistance; and (c) exhibited significantly improved posterior loading fatigue resistance.
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