Samuel F. Hulbert

TL;DR: High-fired calcium aluminate samples in the form of quarter-inch diameter cylindrical pellets containing interconnecting porous networks were implanted in vivo into canine femurs for 4, 11, and 22-week periods, showing the ceramic samples to be bound lightly by natural bone and gave no detectable signs of tissue incompatibility.

TL;DR: In this investigation, ceramics were studied to determine their role as rigid, abrasive implants in soft, living tissue and the absence of inflammatory cells and the normal morphology and organization of the cells present around all types of implants tested.

TL;DR: The concept of tissue ingrowth into porous biomaterials as a means of attaching prostheses to the musculo-skeletal system is reviewed and a discussion of the parameters controlling the rate of tissue IA into porous implants is presented.

TL;DR: The corrosion of Ti-6Al-4V at 37°C in several simulated body fluids and bovine plasma was studied using the passive current-time technique, indicating a corrosion rate considerably higher for the Type 316 L stainless steel.