Ceramic Femoral Head Component

Low wear with multiple liner options.

Ceramic femoral head component.

The biolox delta component is a traditional one piece ceramic head indicated for primary hip arthroplasty only. Because of their complex geometry relatively thin cross section and the risk of fracture the manufacture of. No washing or cleaning is necessary. 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. P biomet offers both the biolox delta and the biolox delta option ceramic femoral heads. 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. Below you will find an overview of the available sizes and many combination possibilities.

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. In revision cases a sleeved ceramic femoral head with a taper adaptor should be implanted. 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 ceramic femoral head must be placed straight down on the sleeve.

The ceramic femoral head is placed on the head adapter which remains in its position and pressure is applied until resistance is felt. 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 system components are ready for assembly on the femoral stem.