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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Wenzel, S.A. | Shepherd, D.E.T.
Affiliations: Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
Note: [] Corresponding author: Dr. Duncan E.T. Shepherd, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. Tel.: +44 121 414 4266; Fax: +44 121 414 3958; E-mail: d.e.shepherd@bham.ac.uk.
Abstract: Total disc arthroplasty is gaining in popularity as an alternative to spinal fusion. A total disc consists of articulating bearing surfaces with one made from a metal and the other made from either a metal or a polymer. The aim of this study was to determine the contact stresses in lumbar total disc arthroplasty devices. The total disc was modelled as a ball and socket joint and Hertzian contact theory was used to determine the maximum contact stresses. The effect of material combination and implant size on contact stress was investigated. For a typical disc arthroplasty with a ball radius of 14 mm, the contact stresses for metal against polymer and metal against metal material combinations were 3 to 6 MPa and 63–130 MPa, respectively, and were below the fatigue strength of the materials.
Keywords: Cobalt chrome molybdenum alloy, disc arthroplasty, Hertzian, stress, ultra high molecular weight polyethylene
Journal: Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 169-173, 2007
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