Advanced preclinical testing of a design-optimized ceramic bearing for a cervical total disc replacement

• Lucia Kölle ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lkoelle@ethz.ch

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3969-2772

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• Gregory Pryce,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Functional Surfaces, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

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• Andrew R. Beadling,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Michael Bryant,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Richard M. Hall,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5504-6717

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• Stephen J. Ferguson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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• Benedikt Helgason

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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