caa a22 4500 475783077 CHVBK 20180406123650.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1008992911775 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1008992911775 A novel technique for the detailed size characterization of wear debris [Elektronische Daten] [A. Elfick, S. Green, I. Pinder, A. Unsworth] The accurate and detailed characterization of artificial joint wear debris is important in determining both the wear rate of prostheses and understanding the role that the debris plays in the development and progression of aseptic loosening. The novel application of low angle laser light scattering (LALLS) to the particle size characterization of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) wear debris is described. The results demonstrate that both ex vivo and in vitro origin wear debris samples, at concentrations typical of those produced via an alkali-digestion retrieval route, can be reproducibly analyzed via LALLS. Because the LALLS route enables particle size analysis of the entire debris sample to be acquired non-destructively and whilst in suspension, artefacts associated with filtering, drying and agglomeration of debris are avoided, in contrast to currently used techniques such as filtration and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) observation. ©2000 Kluwer Academic Publishers Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Elfick A. Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Durham, DH1 3LE, UK aut Green S. Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Durham, DH1 3LE, UK aut Pinder I. Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Durham, DH1 3LE, UK aut Unsworth A. Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Durham, DH1 3LE, UK aut Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine Kluwer Academic Publishers 11/5(2000-05-01), 267-271 0957-4530 11:5<267 2000 11 10856 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008992911775 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008992911775 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Elfick A. Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Durham, DH1 3LE, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Green S. Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Durham, DH1 3LE, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pinder I. Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Durham, DH1 3LE, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Unsworth A. Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of Durham, DH1 3LE, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine Kluwer Academic Publishers 11/5(2000-05-01), 267-271 0957-4530 11:5<267 2000 11 10856 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer