First PEEK femoral component in a primary TKA !

A PEEK bearing surface? Streamers... email me why this is a really good idea, or this a really bad idea. Read the best comments below. tiger@tigerbuford.com Tiger- PEEK does have excellent bearing qualities.  Eliminates the concerns with cobalt ions. PEEK has traditionally been an expensive material compared to cobalt-chrome.  But there may be two things going it its favor. One it can be injection molded.  And secondly that cost of cobalt will be increases do to the utilization in many of the battery designs of electric vehicles. But may have to re-think designs for cementl...


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