Over the years the EndoLab team has published various articles on the topic of medical device testing and biomechanics.
Find our list of publications below!
Impingement testing of total hip replacements according to ASTM F2582 – Implant wear, resistance to damage and acceptance criteria. Journal of the Mech Behavior of Biomed Materials, Feb 2024, Vol 150
[2024]
Bone plate-screw constructs for osteosynthesis – recommendations for standardized mechanical torsion and bending tests. Biomed Tech. 2018 Nov; 63(6): 719-727
[2018]
Letter to the editor on “Large Metal Heads and Vitamin E Polyethylene Increase Frictional Torque in Total Hip Arthroplasty”. J Arthroplasty. 2016 Okt; 31(19):2375-76
[2016]
3D gait cycle frictional torques of HXLPE & vitamin-E infused HXLPE against 28mm metal, 36mm metal, & 36mm ceramic heads. J Bone Joint Surg. May 2016, Orthopedic proceedings
[2016]
Evaluation of impingement behaviour in lumbar spinal disc arthroplasty. European Spine Journal, 2015 Sep;24(9):2033-46
[2015]
Static, impact, and fatigue mechanical testing, Augat P (ed) Experimental Research Methods, Thieme, 2015, ISBN: 9783131731111
[2015]
Simulator testing of total knee replacements, in: Tribology in total hip and knee arthroplasty, Knahr K. (ed.), Springer, Heidelberg, 2014, 37-40
[2014]
Objectives and limits of test standards, Der Orthopäde 2014, vol 43 (6), 511-514
[2014]
Biotribology of a new bearing material combination in a rotating hinge knee articulation, Acta Biomaterialia, 2013, 7054-7063
[2013]
Effect of anterior–posterior and internal–external motion restraint during knee wear simulation on a posterior stabilised knee design, J Biomech, 2013, 491-497
[2013]
Ceramic Total Knee Replacements: Do They Produce Less Wear, Bone Joint J 2013, vol 95-B, Supp 34 94
[2013]
Präklinische Testung – klinische Anwendung – Schadensanalyse, Trauma Berufskrankh 2013, 221-225
[2013]
Definition and evaluation of testing scenarios for knee wear simulation under conditions of highly demanding daily activities, Med Eng Phys, 2013, 591-600
[2013]
Design of a high-dynamic closed-loop controlled cartilage test system, Orthopäde, 2012, 820-826
[2012]
Mechanical Testing of Soft and Hard Tissues Implants, Boutrand (ed) Biocompatibility and performance of medical devices, Woodhead, 2012
[2012]
In Vitro Knee Wear, Kinematics, and Particle Morphology Among Different Bearing Geometries in a Mobile Bearing Knee System, J ASTM Int, 2011, 204-217
[2011]
Wear of Mobile Bearing Knees: Is it necessarily less? J ASTM Int, 2011, 218-231
[2011]
Which hip articulation bearing for which patient? : Tribology of the future, Orthopäde, 2011, 1061-1068
[2011]
Characterization of Wear Particles Generated from CoCrMo Alloy under Sliding Wear Conditions, Wear, 2011, 1658-1666
[2011]
Standardized wear testig of intervertebral Spinal Disc Prostheses – a Summary of 9 Years of Testing Experience, Cobb (ed) Modern Trends in THA Bearings – Materials and Clinical Performance, Springer 2010
[2010]
Fixed and mobile bearing total knee arthroplasty – In?uence on wear generation, corresponding wear areas, knee kinematics and particle composition, Clin Biomech, 2009, 210-217
[2009]
Fixed bearing knee congruency — influence on contact mechanics, abrasive wear and kinematics, Int J Artif Organs, 2009, 213-223
[2009]
Wear Testing of Implants – State of the Art. European Cells and Materials, 2009, 2
[2009]
Verschleiß und aseptische Prothesenlockerung, Orthopäde, 2009, 1-8
[2009]
Polyethylen Thickness – Is it still relevant? Tribology in Orthopedics, 2009, 9-10
[2009]
Verschleißteile und tribologische Optimierung, Gradinger (ed) Ossäre Integration, Springer, 2006
[2006]
Fluid composition impacts standardized testing protocols in ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene knee wear testing, Proc Inst Mech Eng, 2005, 457-464
[2005]
[Finite element simulation of the dilatation of coronary vascular implants], Biomed Tech, 2002, 47 Suppl 1, 768-9
[2002]
Results of Hip Simulator Testing with Various Wear Couples, Garino (ed) Bioceramics in Joint Arthroplasty, Thieme, 2002
[2002]
Hip simulator wear testing according to the newly introduced standard ISO 14242, I Mech E, 2001, 429-442
[2001]
Wear Study in the Alumina-Zirconia System, Willmann (ed) Bioceramics in Hip Joint Replacement, Thieme, 2000
[2000]