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December 21st, 2012

Tribological evaluation of hydrogel articulations for joint arthroplasty applications

Equipment used: Ortho-POD – 

D. Baykal, J.S. Day, D.J. Jaekel, J. Katta, K. Mansmann, S.M. Kurtz, Tribological evaluation of hydrogel articulations for joint arthroplasty applications, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Volume 14, October 2012, Pages 39-47

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.05.012

Keywords: Hydrogel; Artificial cartilage; Tribology; Wear; Pin-on-disk testing

Ortho-POD