Wear of a total intervertebral disc prosthesis

In this study we characterized the wear behavior of a tribological system with material combinations of the total intervertebral disc prosthesis InDisc (Institute of Medical and Polymer Engineering) – consisting of two laser sintered titanium alloy plates with an elastomer inbetween. For the tests a...

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Main Authors: Micheler Carina, Krampe Erhard, Foehr Peter, Haerst Miriam, Burgkart Rainer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2016-09-01
Series:Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/cdbme-2016-0127