X3 is a material advancement in bearing technology. As a pioneer in wear-performance technologies, Stryker Orthopaedics has been dedicated to offering bearing surface improvements. Building upon the clinical success of Duration and Crossfire Polyethylene, Stryker developed a new annealing process with three sequential irradiation/annealing steps to create the X3 technology.

X3 Acetabular Insert with
Trident Cup and BIOLOX*
delta ceramic head

X3 Acetabular Insert

X3 Acetabular Locking Insert
Features & Benefits
Stryker’s X3 Bearing technology is the first highly crosslinked polyethylene to offer:
• Structural fatigue strength better than conventional polyethylene
• 97 percent wear reduction over conventional polyeythylene; greater than first-generation highly-crosslinked polyethylene