BACKGROUND Cervical disc arthroplasty is regarded as a promising treatment for myelopathy and radiculopathy as an alternative to cervical spine fusion. On the basis of 2-year clinical data for the PRESTIGE(®) Cervical Disc (Medtronic, Memphis, Tennessee), the Food and Drug Administration recommended conditional approval in September 2006 and final approval in July 2007; however, relatively litt...

The abrasive wear of nanocrystalline Ni–W alloys with grain sizes of 5–105 nm has been studied using Taber abrasion testing. The wear resistance of the finest grain size specimen is found to be higher than would be predicted based on hardness alone. This deviation from Archard scaling is traced to mechanically-driven structural evolution, consisting of grain growth and grain boundary relaxation...

We examined the correlation of wear effects with dielectric properties of carbon nanofibers (CNFs; untreated and organosilane-treated)-reinforced high-density polyethylene (HDPE) composites. Wear testing for the nanocomposites over up to 120 h was carried out, and then, dielectric permittivity and dielectric loss factor of the polymer composites with the increased wear time were studied. Scanni...

The optoelectronic properties of gallium nitride (GaN) have been well studied for decades, with results being translated to applications in solid state lighting and lasers, thermoelectricity, solar cells, power electronics, etc. However, the mechanical and tribological properties of GaN have been studied and understood far less than its optoelectronic properties. Our research aims to explore th...

Nowadays the surface texturing has been widely recognized as a usable capability to improve the tribological systems. In this paper, ultrasonic assisted turning (UAT) isperformed to create the micro textures on the flat faces. Micro surface texturing ismade on the Al7075-T6 by the UAT in the face turning process. Then, the influences of cutting speed feed, vibration direction and vibration ampl...

A new Stratified Approach For Enhanced Reliability (SAFER) pre-clinical simulation testing of joint prostheses has been described in a preceding paper in this volume. The application of SAFER in vitro simulation and testing to metal-on-metal bearings is described in this review paper. The review aims to provide further understanding of the reasons for, and causes of, increased wear in metal-on-...

Nowadays the surface texturing has been widely recognized as a usable capability to improve the tribological systems. In this paper, ultrasonic assisted turning (UAT) isperformed to create the micro textures on the flat faces. Micro surface texturing ismade on the Al7075-T6 by the UAT in the face turning process. Then, the influences of cutting speed feed, vibration direction and vibration ampl...

The microstructures and properties of laser remelted alloy spray coatings were studied by means of wear testing, corrosion testing, microhardness testing, scanning electron microscopy, electron probe microanalysis and transmission electron microscopy. The results show that the wear and corrosion resistance of laser remelted alloy spray coatings is remarkably increased by the addition of CeO . T...

Laboratory wear testing of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene from 12 Charnley acetabular cups, removed after periods of up to 17.5 years showed that the large patient-to-patient variations in clinical penetration rate cannot be explained by batch-to-batch variation in the wear resistance of the material. Nor was there any evidence of a time-dependent degradation in wear resistance of the...

IN KNEE SIMULTOR TESTING Brandt, J.-M.; Charron, K.D.; Zhao, L.; MacDonald, S.J.; Koval, S., Medley, J.B. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada, e-mail: [email protected] Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Western Ontario, ON, Canada Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, ON, Canada Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Un...