Metallurgy
Produced using the investment casting process from high-carbon cobalt chrome in the ‘as-cast’ micro-structural condition.
Introduced in 1997, the BIRMINGHAM HIP Resurfacing System was designed using knowledge gained from first-generation metal-on-metal total hips and a thorough understanding of hip resurfacing principles.
Produced using the investment casting process from high-carbon cobalt chrome in the ‘as-cast’ micro-structural condition.
By 2 million cycles, formation of the classical Stribeck curve indicates a considerable contribution from the fluid film, continuing to be evident at 3 million cycles.*4
