Aseptic loosening of femoral components – Materials engineering and design considerations
► Aseptic loosening of femoral component is associated with the deficiencies in engineering design. ► The main leading causes of loosening are wear behavior, bioactivity and mechanical properties. ► Functionally graded biomaterials have the potential to reduce the occurrence of leading causes. Asept...
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| Vydáno v: | Materials in engineering Ročník 44; s. 155 - 163 |
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| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Elsevier Ltd
01.02.2013
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| ISSN: | 0261-3069 |
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| Shrnutí: | ► Aseptic loosening of femoral component is associated with the deficiencies in engineering design. ► The main leading causes of loosening are wear behavior, bioactivity and mechanical properties. ► Functionally graded biomaterials have the potential to reduce the occurrence of leading causes.
Aseptic loosening is one of the main reasons for the revision of a total knee replacement (TKR). The design of the key component of a TKR, the femoral component, is particularly problematic because its failure can be the result of different causes. This makes the development of new biomaterials for use in the femoral component a challenging task. This paper focuses on the engineering design aspects in order to understand the limitations of current materials and design deficiencies. The paper describes the introduction of a new biomaterial for a femoral component and justifies the recommendation to use multi-functional materials as a possible solution to aseptic loosening. The potential advantages of applying functionally graded biomaterials (FGBMs) in prosthetic femur are explained by reducing the leading causes of failure including wear, micro-motion and stress-shielding effect. The ideas presented in this paper can be used as the basis for further research on the feasibility and advantages of applying FGBM in other superior implant designs. |
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| Bibliografie: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 |
| ISSN: | 0261-3069 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.matdes.2012.07.066 |