Digital Library / Past Symposia for Committee F04 / Wear of Articulating Surfaces

Sponsored by ASTM committee F04 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices

November 08 2005 - November 10 2005

• Wear Scar Prediction Based on Wear Simulator Input Data—A Preliminary Artificial Neural Network Approach
• A Tracer Method to Determine Extremely Low Wear Rates of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene
• The Effects of Load Soak Control on the Wear of UHMWPE at Various Hydration Levels in a Joint Simulation Study
• A Simulator Study of TKR Kinematics Using Modeled Soft-Tissue Constraint: Virtual Soft-Tissue Control for Knee Simulation
• Load Profile and Fluid Composition Influence the Soak Behavior of UHMWPE Implants
• Differences of the Mechanical Setup of Hip Simulators and Their Consequences on the Outcome of Hip Wear Testing
• Slip Velocity Direction Impacts Wear in Total Knee Arthropolasty
• Computational Wear Prediction of UHMWPE in Knee Replacements
• Retrieval Analysis of Total Disc Replacements: Implications for Standardized Wear Testing
• Estimation of the Osteolytic Potential of Noncrosslinked and Crosslinked Polyethylenes and Ceramic-on-Ceramic Total Hip Prostheses
• The Effects of Implant Temperature on Lubricant Protein Precipitation and Polyethylene Wear in Joint Simulation Studies
• Surface Texture Analysis of Artificial Disks Wear-Tested under Different Conditions and Comparison to a Retrieved Implant