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Effect of cup inclination angle during microseparation and rim loading on the wear of BIOLOX® delta ceramic-on-ceramic total hip replacement

Fundamental wear study of a commercially available product (Ceramtec’s BIOLOX® Delta) using a stratified approach of clinically relevant adverse conditions. It was shown that the current commercially available ceramic matrix composite products are more wear resistant compared to previous generations of alumina ceramics under adverse conditions. This work was presented at the British Hip Society (UK, 2009), British Orthopaedic Research Society (UK, 2009), Orthopaedic Research Society (USA, 2010), and was an invited presentation at the Ceramtec BIOLOX Symposium (UK, 2009). The stratified approach to studying hip wear under adverse conditions has been adopted in current industry-funded research (contact sabine.begand@mathysmedical.com).