Lubricant in devices found to be graphite, not proteins
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2011. A new study, bringing together an interdisciplinary team of physicians and engineers from the United States and Germany, made a surprising finding about implants used in hip replacement surgery: Graphite carbon is a key element in the lubricating layer that forms on metal-on-metal hip implants. The lubricant has more in common with the lubrication of a combustion engine than that of a…
