Effect of Water and Serum Absorption on Wear of Unirradiated and Crosslinked UHMWPE Orthopedic Bearing Materials

Abstract

In addition to confounding mass-based wear measurements in serum-lubricated hip simulator experiments, fluid absorption by the acetabular cups may simultaneously modify the wear resistance of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) from which they are composed. To decouple the fluid absorption and wear processes enabling clearer investigation of this effect, absorption was first imposed during an initial stage where UHMWPE was exposed to pressurized (10 MPa) fluid. This was followed by a second stage, where resultant wear behavior was assessed by a multidirectional pin-on-flat technique that, though still providing a serum-lubricating environment, does not promote the simultaneous fluid absorption occurring in hip simulator testing. Both unirradiated and highly crosslinked UHMWPE were investigated, each with both bovine calf serum and water soaking exposures of duration to 129 days. The pressurized soaking of a highly crosslinked UHMWPE decreased its wear resistance, causing an increase in wear rate by approximately 50% during subsequent serum-lubricated multidirectional pin-on-flat sliding tests as compared to non-soaked material. The magnitude of this effect did not appear to depend on whether the soaking fluid was water or serum, nor did it appear to depend on soak time provided it was at least of a 14-day duration, during which more rapid transient fluid absorption occurs. Such soaking did not produce as pronounced an effect on unirradiated UHMWPE, as its lack of wear resistance likely causes the absorption-affected surface region to be removed within the earliest stages of sliding contact.     

聚丙烯/超高相对分子质量聚乙烯共混物的结晶动力学及发泡性能研究

采用差示扫描量热仪（DSC）对含有不同含量超高分子量聚乙烯（UHMWPE）的聚丙烯进行测试和表征,采用Ozawa方法、莫志深方法和Kissinger方法分析了该体系的非等温结晶动力学。利用自行研制的超临界流体挤出发泡实验装置,对含有UHMWPE的PP进行了超临界二氧化碳挤出发泡实验研究。结果表明：超高分子量聚乙烯的加入降低了PP的结晶活化能,含有UHMWPE的PP在较高的温度下开始结晶,且由于超高分子量聚乙烯大分子链的存在,与聚丙烯分子链发生缠结,阻碍聚丙烯分子链排入晶格,降低了结晶速率,结晶温区拓宽,有利于聚丙烯挤出发泡成型;加入UHMWPE后,PP的发泡效果明显改善,泡孔平均直径减小,泡孔尺寸分布更加均匀,PE-UHMW的含量为5份时,表观密度达到0.038g/cm-3。     

超高分子量聚乙烯纤维增强复合材料的性能研究

采用一种结构与超高分子量聚乙烯(UHMWPE)纤维相似、且对纤维表面具有良好浸润性的碳氢树脂(PCH)作基体,通过层压成型方法制得UHMWPE/PCH复合材料.研究了复合材料的力学性能、介电性能、吸湿性能及界面黏结性能.结果表明,UHMWPE/PCH复合材料介电性能优异、力学性能好、耐湿热性能较佳、界面黏结性能好,可用作高性能透微波复合材料.     

超高分子量聚乙烯对有机PTC复合材料的超强稳定作用研究

利用传统的熔融 混合方法制备碳黑填充的聚丙烯 (PP) /超高分子量聚乙烯 (UHMWPE)复合物。当PP/UHMWPE混合比大于 3 / 7,碳黑填充PP/UHMWPE复合物的PTC和NTC效应类似于碳黑填充的纯净PP聚合物。然而当重量比等于或小于 3 / 7时 ,复合物所表现的PTC效应非常相似于碳黑填充的纯净的UHMWPE聚合物。在复合物中应用粘度非常高的聚合物作为一种组分可以有效消除NTC效应     

Mechanical behavior, wear surface morphology, and clinical performance of UHMWPE acetabular components after 10 years of implantation

The relationships between the mechanical behavior of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and the long-term clinical performance of acetabular component bearings remain poorly understood. During previous hip simulator validation studies, researchers have correlated the mechanical behavior and surface morphology of polymeric biomaterials with the wear performance in a hip simulator. For the present study, we sought correlations between clinical performance and quantitative metrics of the mechanical behavior and surface morphology of retrieved cups. Nine all-UHMWPE acetabular cups of the same cemented design, 32 mm head size, and manufacturer were retrieved after an average implantation time of 14.1 years (range: 11.5–16.4 years). The implants were manufactured from RCH-1000, sterilized by gamma radiation in air and implanted between 1980 and 1983. Mechanical behavior of the retrieved components was determined using the previously validated small punch test, which subjects miniature specimens to multi-axial loading conditions. Surface morphology of the retrievals was assessed using white light interferometry. No significant relationship was observed between the surface roughness measurements and patient related variables. However, statistically significant relationships were observed between the mechanical behavior determined by the small punch test and the implantation time and patient weight associated with the retrieved hip cups. These findings support the hypothesis that the mechanical behavior of UHMWPE is related, at least in part, to the clinical performance of acetabular component bearings for total hip replacement.     

UHMWPE/PA1010塑料合金的制备及性能

采用共辐照接枝法合成UHMWPE-g-AA接枝共聚物;采用共混技术制备UHMWPE/PA1010合金。以UHMWPE-g-AA接枝共聚物作为UHMWPE/PA1010合金增容剂。由于PA1010与UHMWPE-g-AA有较强的相互作用,UHMWPE/PA1010合金的冲击强度和断裂伸长率提高,韧性得到改善;同时,这种相互作用限制了A1010的结晶,使PA1010中正常的结晶含量减少,结晶温度升高。SEM结果表明,增容作用使基体与分散相间界面张力减小,粘结性增强,从而使分散相的粒子尺寸减小,分布更加均匀,拉伸断面显示明显的牵拉现象。共混体系的摩擦系数与纯PA1010相比明显降低,摩擦时在 PA1010表面形成完整UHMWPE的润滑膜,使磨耗量减小,摩擦系数降低。     

UHMWPE/CNTs导电复合体系的电性能

制备了低逾渗值的超高分子量聚乙烯(UHMWPE)/多壁碳纳米管(CNTs)导电复合材料,CNTs分布于UHMWPE粒子的表面和界面处。研究了UHMWPE/CNTs复合材料的温度电阻行为,发现在基体熔点附近,电阻急剧增加,并达到一最大值,然后电阻开始下降,体现负温度电阻效应(NTC)。分析了复合材料电阻松弛时间的升温速率的依赖性,结果表明,升温速率越快,电阻的松弛时间越短。     

冻胶法制备超高分子量聚乙烯/SiO2杂化微孔膜研究——稀释剂与SiO2对铸膜液熔融结晶性能的影响

根据界面相分离原理,以矿物油为稀释剂,O2为添加剂,采用冻胶法制备了超高分子量聚乙烯(UHMWPE)膜以及UHMWPE/SiO2杂化微孔膜,讨论了稀释剂以及无机粒子含量对膜熔融结晶性能的影响.结果表明,矿物油作为微孔稀释剂,其加入使微孔膜中UHMWPE熔点降低,结晶度减小.当SiO2与UHMWPE质量比低于8/10时,随SiO2含量增加,UHMWPE熔点变化不显著,熔限增加,结晶温度升高,相对结晶度增大,微晶尺寸减小;当SiO2加入量足够大时,相对结晶度反而减小.随SiO2其含量增加,界面孔增多,膜孔隙率提高,水通量增大,泡点孔径先增大后减小.     

UHMWPE交织双轴向纬编复合材料高应变率压缩性能研究

利用SHPB装置对UHMWPE交织双轴向纬编针织物/乙烯基酯树脂复合材料进行了高应变率压缩实验,研究了该材料的应变率效应和能量吸收.结果表明:等离子体处理后,复合材料的高应变率压缩性能有了较大的提高,放电功率100W是一个较为合适的处理条件.UHMWPE交织双轴向纬编复合材料呈现出一定的应变率敏感性:随着应变率的增加,最大应力、压缩模量、断裂应变能密度相应增大.由于交织双轴向纬编结构中的针织线圈及经纬纱交织作用,其具有较好的抗冲击性能.     

滑动方式下辐射交联超高分子量聚乙烯的生物摩擦学研究

采用热压固化成型法制得了尺寸范围在9～50μm、密度为0.9413g/cm3、相对分子量为6×106的粉末状超高分子量聚乙烯(UHMWPE)颗粒;并用γ射线平面静止辐照方法,分别用120kGy、250kGy和500kGy剂量辐照样品,辐照剂量率为5kGy/h.采用UMT-Ⅱ多功能摩擦试验机考察了不同辐射剂量下交联UHMWPE的生物摩擦学性能,采用电子扫描电镜(SEM)分析了磨损表面形貌并讨论了其磨损机理.结果表明,辐射剂量为120kGy的UHMWPE磨损率最小,随着辐射剂量的增加,摩擦系数逐渐增大,辐射交联后UHMWPE的摩擦磨损性能均优越于未辐射UHMWPE的摩擦磨损性能.