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Award Winners
BIOLOX® Awards for Studies in the Field of Bioceramics 1996-2010
2011
PD Dr. med. Fritz Thorey (Germany)
Early results of revision hip arthroplasty using a ceramic revision ball head
2010
Saverio Affatato (Italy)
Mixing and matching in ceramic-on-metal hip arthroplasty: An in-vitro hip stimulator study
2009
Martin Ihle (Germany)
Ceramics vs. CoCrMo femoral heads in combination with Polyethylene cups. Long-term wear analysis at 20 years
Alexandra Pokorny (Austria)
The noisy Hip – Is it only a ceramic issue?
2007
Jeong-Joon YOO (South Korea)
For his work on ceramic wear couples in hip replacement
2006
Sofia AVNET (Italy)
Molecular of osteoclastogenesis induced by osteoblasts exposed to wear particles
2005
Thomas STERNER (Germany)
Auswirkungen von klinisch relevanten Aluminium Keramik-, Zirkonium Keramik-
und Titanpartikel unterschiedlicher Größe und Konzentration auf die
TNFα-Ausschüttung in einem humanen Makrophagensystem
[Effects of clinically relevant alumina ceramic particles, circonia ceramic particles and titanium particles of different sizes and concentrations on TNFα release in a human monocytic cell line]
The awarded paper was published in:
Biomedizinische Technik, 49 (2004), 340-344
2004
Christoph NICH (France)
Long-term Results of Alumina-on-Alumina Hip Arthroplasty for Osteonecrosis
The awarded paper was published in:
Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2003 Dec;(417):102-111
2004
Christian HENDRICH (Germany)
Polyethylene Wear in Spherical Pressfit-Cups with 32mm Alumina Heads
2003
Stefanie VETTER (Germany)
Analyse und Bewertung der Verbundhaftung von Keramik und Knochenzement in der Knieendoprothetik
2002
Corrado PICONI (Italy)
Volumetric Determination of the Wear of Ceramics for Hip Joints
The awarded paper was published in:
Biomaterials. 2002 Feb;23(4):1131-7
2001
Georg BERGMANN (Germany)
Frictional Heating of Total Hip Implants
The awarded paper was published in:
J. Biomech. 2001; 34: 421-428
For the abstract, click here (external link)
2000
Jim E. NEVELOS (UK)
Wear of HIPed and Non-HIPed Alumina-Alumina Hip Joints Under Standard and Severe Simulator Testing Conditions
For the abstract (PDF, 76 KB) click here
1999
F. PRUDHOMMEAUX (France)
Analysis of Alumina-Alumina Hip Prostheses Wear Behaviour after 10 Years Implantation
The awarded paper was published in:
Clin. Orthop. Rel Res.
For the abstract (PDF, 45 KB) click here
1998
Zhen LU, Harry McKELLOP (USA)
Frictional Heating of Bearing Materials Tested in a Hip Joint Simulator
The awarded paper was published in:
Proc. Instn. mech. Engrs. 211 Part H (1997), 101-108
1997
Thomas LINDENFELD (Germany)
In-vivo-Verschleiß der Gleitpaarungen Keramik-Polyethylen gegen Metall-Polyethylen
[In vivo Wear of the Wear Couples Ceramics-on-Polyethylene and Metal-on-Polyethylene]
The awarded paper was published in:
Zichner L, Lindenfeld T: Orthopäde 26 (1997), 129-134
1996
Ekkehard FRITSCH (Germany)
Biocompatibility of Alumina-Ceramic in Total Hip Replacement. Macroscopic and Microscopic Findings on Capsular Tissues after Long-term Implantation
For the abstract (PDF, 967 KB) click here