Below you will find an overview of the available sizes and many combination possibilities.
Ceramic femoral head component.
Because of their complex geometry relatively thin cross section and the risk of fracture the manufacture of.
Low wear with multiple liner options.
The system components are ready for assembly on the femoral stem.
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 biolox delta component is a traditional one piece ceramic head indicated for primary hip arthroplasty only.
Non sleeved ceramic femoral heads should only be implanted on pristine non damaged stems.
Below you will find an overview of the available sizes and many combination possibilities.
No washing or cleaning is necessary.
The ceramic femoral head is placed on the head adapter which remains in its position and pressure is applied until resistance is felt.
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.
The ceramic femoral head must be placed straight down on the sleeve.
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.
In revision cases a sleeved ceramic femoral head with a taper adaptor should be implanted.
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.
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.