The femoral head can be made of various materials aka bearing materials from the historical standard cobalt chrome to ceramic to zirconium which is a metal ceramic hybrid.
Ceramic femoral head component.
P biomet offers both the biolox delta and the biolox delta option ceramic femoral heads.
Below you will find an overview of the available sizes and many combination possibilities.
Biolox forte and biolox delta femoral heads and cup inserts can be combined with ceramic components from the biolox family of products as well as with inserts made from conventional and highly cross linked polyethylene.
Because of their complex geometry relatively thin cross section and the risk of fracture the manufacture of.
The variation in femoral head material causes different levels of friction when motion occurs between it and the acetabular liner thus generating different amounts of wear.
The biolox delta component is a traditional one piece ceramic head indicated for primary hip arthroplasty only.
The ceramic femoral head must be placed straight down on the sleeve.
The system components are ready for assembly on the femoral stem.
Below you will find an overview of the available sizes and many combination possibilities.
No washing or cleaning is necessary.
The zimmer biomet ceramic heads are intended for use as a component of a total hip or hemi hip prosthesis in primary and revision patients.
However for the same reasons that researchers have explored ceramic femoral heads for hip replacement detailed in chapter 7 there has been longstanding curiosity about ceramic femoral components for total knee applications 25 26.
Biolox forte and biolox delta ball heads and cup inserts can be combined with ceramic components from the biolox family of products as well as with inserts made from conventional and highly cross linked polyethylene.
Non sleeved ceramic femoral heads should only be implanted on pristine non damaged stems.
In revision cases a sleeved ceramic femoral head with a taper adaptor should be implanted.