Volume 7, Issue 1, July 2014, Pages 153–158
Amrita Razdan1 and M. F. Wani2
1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In Total Joint Replacement (TJR), ceramic surfaces offer a major benefit of drastically reduced wear rates and excellent long-term biocompatibility with the bone tissue. Among the available ceramic materials for load bearing bio-implant applications, silicon carbide is superior for its better biocompatibility, which can increase the longevity of prosthetic joints. The major cause of revision surgery and implant failure is Osteolysis (aseptic loosening of the prosthetic joint). The product of bearing wear, microscopic particulate debris in the joint space leads to implant loosening. Prosthetic joint mainly consists of acetabular cup, acetabular lining and femoral head. The best material for manufacturing acetabular cup is nickel
Author Keywords: Prosthetic joint, Wear rate, Aseptic loosening, Silicon Carbide, Nickel base alloy.
Amrita Razdan1 and M. F. Wani2
1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
In Total Joint Replacement (TJR), ceramic surfaces offer a major benefit of drastically reduced wear rates and excellent long-term biocompatibility with the bone tissue. Among the available ceramic materials for load bearing bio-implant applications, silicon carbide is superior for its better biocompatibility, which can increase the longevity of prosthetic joints. The major cause of revision surgery and implant failure is Osteolysis (aseptic loosening of the prosthetic joint). The product of bearing wear, microscopic particulate debris in the joint space leads to implant loosening. Prosthetic joint mainly consists of acetabular cup, acetabular lining and femoral head. The best material for manufacturing acetabular cup is nickel
Author Keywords: Prosthetic joint, Wear rate, Aseptic loosening, Silicon Carbide, Nickel base alloy.
How to Cite this Article
Amrita Razdan and M. F. Wani, “Analysis of Wear Rate of Ceramic Material for Total Joint Arthoplasty,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 153–158, July 2014.
