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Studies from Logan College of Chiropractic reveal new findings on life sciences

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, July 20th, 2008

According to a study from the United States, "Hi-fax 1900 (TM) tibial inserts were used in the IB-1 total knee replacement (TKR) beginning 1978, soon followed by the AGC design. Such direct compression molded (DCM) inserts was relatively immune to oxidation."

"Unfortunately the Hi-fax 1900 (TM) resin (111900) was taken off the market in year 2004. As an alternate, GUR1050 was introduced in the Vanguard (TM) TKR. However there appeared to be little or no wear comparisons of molded inserts. Therefore the study aim was to compare wear performance of GUR1050 to the historical H1900. The hypothesis was that Hi-fax and GUR1050 would show comparable wear performance. The...

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