✦ LIBER ✦

Effect of sterilization on the structure and fatigue resistance of medical grade UHMWPE

✍ Scribed by L. Pruitt; R. Ranganathan

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Weight: 325 KB
Volume: 3
Category: Article
ISSN: 0928-4931
DOI: 10.1016/0928-4931(95)00106-9

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

Sterilization and long-term aging of med

Sterilization and long-term aging of medical-grade UHMWPE

✍ R.M. Streicher 📂 Article 📅 1995 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 290 KB

Comparison of the effects of gamma radia

Comparison of the effects of gamma radiation and low temperature hydrogen peroxide gas plasma sterilization on the molecular structure, fatigue resistance, and wear behavior of UHMWPE

✍ Goldman, Marni ;Pruitt, Lisa 📂 Article 📅 1998 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 157 KB 👁 2 views

The effects of gamma radiation and low temperature hydrogen peroxide gas plasma (HPGP) sterilization on structure and cyclic mechanical properties were examined for orthopedic grade ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and compared to each other as well as to no sterilization (control).

Effect of head surface roughness and ste

Effect of head surface roughness and sterilization on wear of UHMWPE acetabular cups

✍ A. Jedenmalm; S. Affatato; P. Taddei; W. Leardini; U.W. Gedde; C. Fagnano; M. Vi 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 343 KB

## Abstract The impact of femoral head surface roughness on wear of γ‐irradiation sterilized (3 MRad in nitrogen, crosslinked) and nonsterilized (not crosslinked) UHMWPE acetabular cups has been evaluated. Gravimetric wear testing was performed in a hip joint simulator for 2 × 10^6^ cycles. CoCrMo

Study of fatigue resistance of chemical

Study of fatigue resistance of chemical and radiation crosslinked medical grade ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene

✍ Baker, D. A. ;Hastings, R. S. ;Pruitt, L. 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 555 KB

The aim of this work is to understand the role of chemical and radiation induced crosslinking on the fatigue crack propagation resistance of medical grade ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). In recent years, the need to improve the tribological performance of UHM-WPE used in total join

The effect of pre-irradiation vacuum sto

The effect of pre-irradiation vacuum storage on the oxidation and wear of radiation sterilized UHMWPE

✍ Brian R. Burroughs; Thierry A. Blanchet 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 830 KB

The adverse biological response to ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) wear debris in total joint replacement warrants the need for the material's improved wear resistance. The reaction of oxygen with radiation-induced free radicals within UHMWPE leads to oxidative degradation of the m

The effect of dose distribution on steri

The effect of dose distribution on sterility assurance for gamma sterilized medical products

✍ R.D.H. Chu; G.G. Vandyk 📂 Article 📅 1993 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 320 KB

Medical products sterilized in a gamma processing facility are given an absorbed dose greater than or equal to a specified minimum dose chosen to achieve a required sterility assurance level. Because of the dose variation in the product volume, most of the product receives a dose greater than the mi