CORROSION 2010 (March 14 – 18, 2010): Research in Progress Session - The Corrosion Behavior of Biomedical Implant Materials

8:55 AM

9:00 AM

Biotribocorrosion--Using an Integrated Approach to Understand Tribofilm Formation and Wear/Corrosion Interactions
Anne Neville^*, Yu Yan, and Duncan Dowson
Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces and Interfaces, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds

9:40 AM

Co-Based Biomedical Alloys--Passivity Breakdown?
Jinshan Pan^*¹, Eleonora Bettini², and Ronggang Hu³
(1)Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, Dept. of Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology ; (2)Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, Dept. of Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology; (3)Xiamen University

10:00 AM

Break

10:20 AM

System Level Effects of Corrosion in Cardiac Stimulation Electrodes
Gonzalo Martinez^*
Medtronic, Inc.

10:40 AM

Corrosion and biocompatibility of Mg alloys
Sannakaisa Virtanen^*
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Dept. Materials Science (WW-4)

11:00 AM

Developing Bioabsorbable, Metallic Biomaterials from Vapor Deposited Mg Alloys
Barbara A. Shaw^*, John D. Petrilli, Elizabeth Sikora, Sean Pursel, Nick Pytel, Heather Eberhart, and Mark Horn
Penn State University

11:20 AM

Magnesium-based Implant Material for Bone Tissue Engineering-Control of Biocorrosion
Olivia Wise, Sapna Desai, stephen T. Wellinghoff, and XingGuo Cheng^*
Southwest Research Institute

11:40 AM

Lunch Break

1:10 PM

Corrosion of Metallic Biomaterials and the Biological Context
Jeremy L. Gilbert^*
Dept. of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University

1:50 PM

Electrodeposition of Calcium Phosphates for Biomedical Applicatiions
Noam Eliaz^*
Biomaterials and Corrosion Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University

2:10 PM

Electrochemical Characterization of a Natural Bioceramic Material for Biomedical Applications
Yuhchae Yoon¹, Andrew Mount², Karolyn M. Hansen³, and Douglas C. Hansen^*¹
(1)University of Dayton Research Institute; (2)Dept Biological Sciences; (3)Department of Biology

2:30 PM

The Cathodic Behavior of Titanium: The Effect of Bovine Serum
Francesco Contu^*
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

2:50 PM

Break

3:10 PM

IN-VITRO TAILOR MADE BIOREACTOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AS A KEY FOR BIODEGREDABLE MATERIALS RESEARCH
Amir Eliezer^*¹ and Frank Witte²
(1)Corrosion Research Center, Nano-Bio & Advanced Materials, Sami Shamoon College of Engineering; (2)Laboratory for Biomechanics and Biomaterials,Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryHannover Medical School

3:30 PM

The Electrochemical Characteristics of Surface Treated Nitinol Alloys
Waseem Haider^*, Norman Munroe, Puneet K. Singh Gill, and Chandan Pulletikurthi
Florida International University

3:50 PM

Relatively simple and low cost technique of new metal-ceramic medical implants on the basis of Fe-Cr-Al-RE alloy
Elguja R. Kutelia¹, Olga Tsurtsumia¹, and Sayavur I. Bakhtiyarov^*²
(1)Georgian Technical University; (2)New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

4:10 PM

Characterization of "As Received" Nickel-Titanium Alloy by Cyclic Potentiodynamic Polarization
Russell J. Pylkki^*
Aspen Research Corporation