Biolox Ceramic Head
The biolox delta component is a traditional one piece ceramic head indicated for primary hip arthroplasty only.
Biolox ceramic head. Outstanding biocompatibility and excellent stability in vivo. The female head taper is designed a little wider than the stem taper with an angular mismatch of about 0 1 to 0 2 ensuring. Low wear with multiple liner options. The taper connection between ball head and stem has been optimized during the last decades to provide a secure fixation and maximum fracture strength of ceramic heads hohman et al 2011 hernigou et al 2013.
High resistance to third body wear. Biocompatibility of both the solid material and the particles. The biolox delta option ceramic head features a titanium neck sleeve designed to allow surgeons to utilize a ceramic head in either primary or. The pink color of biolox delta ceramic gives surgeons the certainty that they re using implants of the highest quality and reliability for their patients from ceramtec biolox delta is the only ceramic with 15 years of successful clinical experience with more than 8 million components sold.
The titanium adapters have an internal 12 14 taper that mates with the femoral stem while the option heads have a taper designed to mate with the adapters. The option is comprised of two components. The need for a low wear ceramic bearing in revision arthroplasty was not available in the past. The ceramic femoral head with a specially designed inner taper matches the outer taper of the adapter.
The combination of these two materials provides low wear and higher strength as compared to alumina ceramics 1 in addition biolox delta ceramic heads combined with antioxidant infused technology e poly bearings show wear rates similar to that of metal on metal articulations 2. Biolox forte and biolox delta are the successful clinically proven standard for medical professionals worldwide in joint replacement. Diamond like hardness of the material. Below you will find an overview of the available sizes and many combination possibilities.
Ceramic materials from ceramtec. The lowest wear rates. Professional information on biolox advanced ceramics implants ball heads cup inserts knee joint components. Biolox delta ceramic femoral head.
For more information visit ceramtec s website. P biomet offers both the biolox delta and the biolox delta option ceramic femoral heads. Ceramtec biolox delta ceramic hip heads. Biolox delta ceramic femoral head the head adapter is made of titanium alloy tial6v4 iso 5832 3 with an 12 14 inner taper that interlocks with the femoral stem.
Biolox delta ceramic head.