Sivarasu S

Mathew L.

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IFMBE Proceedings 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering

The application of Finite Element Modelling in Medical Applications has been evolving as the field of high importance especially in the development of medical devices. The Total Knee Arthroplasty [TKA] has been in existence for over 6 decades till now. The generic artificial knee implants used in the TKA have the restriction in its range of motion with around 90 degrees. A new design allowing flexion extension range of over 120 degrees was designed with a view to facilitate partial squatting and the same is used for the analysis purpose. The new design of the artificial knee has a flexion extension range of 130 degrees. The higher flexion of the knee is obtained by use of the rotating platform knee design principle and also by adopting a multi-radii approach for the femoral component design. The loading conditions of 10 times the body weight are considered for structural analyses of the novel knee. A maximum load of 700Kg were subjected on the knee implants. The finite element analyses of the designs were carried out based on standard biomaterial used in orthopedic implants. In this paper we have discussed the results of analyses of an artificial knee with Ti alloy. The results of the analyses were used in identifying areas of extreme stresses within the design and the spot prone for higher deformation. Based on these results slight modification on the designs was carried out. The results are also verified whether the body is within the linear deformation levels. As the results obtained were very satisfactory the models have been recommended for prototyping.

ASME 2013 Conference on Frontiers in Medical Devices: Applications of Computer Modeling and Simulation

Finite Element Method Oriented Failure Analysis of Medical Implants: Artificial Knee

Knee simulation has been used as the primary tool in the estimation of knee flexion–extension levels for many years. This paper discusses the suitability of AdamsView simulation tool for estimating the flexion–extension angles in the knee joint, i.e. three versions namely: 3D reconstructed knee joint, standard artificial knee joint and artificial high flexion knee joint. The high flexion artificial knee joint model reaches a maximum flexion up to 120.2°. Whereas the standard knee Joint gets about 84.6°. However, the 3D reconstructed knee joint was capable of producing 134.4°. Thus the usage of the mechanical simulation tools in the medical applications has been proved once again.

International Journal of Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computing

KNEE KINEMATICS SIMULATION AND COMPARATIVE FLEXION ANGLE ANALYSIS OF RECONSTRUCTED KNEE VERSUS STANDARD ARTIFICIAL KNEE VERSUS HIGH FLEXION ARTIFICIAL KNEE

Journal of Medical Marketing

Techno-economical analysis of the potential rise of demand for the artificial high flexion knee in the Indian orthopaedics market

Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) using standard artificial knee implant has a limitation in restriction in the range of motion and freedom of movements'. This study was worked out to compare the kinematics of a reconstructed 3D knee with standard and high flexion artificial knee designs. A CT bone model reconstructed with MIMICS for a 3D normal knee joint and the simulation was done for normal knee, standard version of artificial knee as well as the high flexion knee designs. The results of the analyses, provides us an insight that high flexion designs were most suited and gives increased range of motion and also provides an additional degree of freedom so that it almost mimics the normal knee movement. The high flexion design when tested under simulated environment provided a better functionality and increased movements. It was concluded that the normal knee has 6 degrees of freedom (DOF); the standard version has 1 rotation and 1 translation. The high flexion design provides 2 rotations and 1 translation.

Biomedical Engineering: Applications, Basis and Communications

COMPARATIVE KINEMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE RANGE OF MOVEMENT OF A NORMAL HUMAN KNEE JOINT, STANDARD ARTIFICIAL KNEE AND NOVEL ARTIFICIAL HIGH FLEXION KNEE

The application of finite element modeling in medical applications has been evolving as the field of high importance especially in the development of medical. The generic artificial knee implants used in the total knee arthroplasty have the restriction in its range of motion with around 90 degrees. A new design allowing flexion extension range of over 120 degrees has been designed with a view to facilitate partial squatting and the same is used for the analysis purpose. The loading conditions of 10 times the body weight are considered. Finite element analyses of this design have been carried out based on standard biomaterial used in orthopaedic implants. In this paper we discuss the results of analyses of an artificial knee with stainless steel alloy. The results of the analyses were used in identifying areas of extreme stresses within the design and the spot prone for higher deformation. Based on these results slight modification on the designs was carried out. The results are also verified whether the body is within the linear deformation levels. As the results obtained were very satisfactory the models have been recommended for prototyping. It is verified from the results that the new models respond positive till a load of 300 kg and then they enter into the maximum yield stress levels. However, in reality, the loading on an artificial knee is less than 300 kg. So the results are inferred positive and the models were sent for prototyping.

Journal	Data powered by TypesetIFMBE Proceedings 13th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering
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ISSN	1680-0737
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