The Development of the Research on Artificial Joints Dai Xinxiang\ Chen Xiaoming\ Li ShipuThis paper is about the analysis and reduction of the research on artificial joints, several general artificial joints are introduced.The advantagement and the disadvantagement of those joints are got from the properties of those materials and the developing tendency of the research is also indicated.: artificial joint;\ material;\ developmentDai Xinxiang: Postgraduate, Biomedical Materials and Engineering Center,WUT,Wuhan 430070,China.