Name
Abstract | ||
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Instability of artificial joints is still one of the most prevalent reasons for revision surgery caused by various influencing factors. In order to investigate instability mechanisms such as dislocation under reproducible, physiologically realistic boundary conditions, a novel test approach is introduced by means of a hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) simulation involving a highly flexible mechatronic test system. In this work, the underlying concept and implementation of all required units is presented enabling comparable investigations of different total hip and knee replacements, respectively. The HiL joint simulator consists of two units: a physical setup composed of a six-axes industrial robot and a numerical multibody model running in real-time. Within the multibody model, the anatomical environment of the considered joint is represented such that the soft tissue response is accounted for during an instability event. Hence, the robot loads and moves the real implant components according to the information provided by the multibody model while transferring back the position and resisting moment recorded. Functionality of the simulator is proved by testing the underlying control principles, and verified by reproducing the dislocation process of a standard total hip replacement. HiL simulations provide a new biomechanical testing tool for analyzing different joint replacement systems with respect to their instability behavior under realistic movements and physiological load conditions. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2012 | 10.1016/j.cmpb.2011.07.012 | Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
numerical multibody model,instability event,instability mechanism,different joint replacement system,hil joint simulator,instability behavior,considered joint,total joint replacement,multibody model,new approach,artificial joint,hil simulation,hardware in the loop simulation,dislocation,instability | Total Joint Replacements,Simulation,Computer science,Instability,Hardware-in-the-loop simulation,Industrial robot,Biomechanics,Robot,Mechatronics,Joint replacement | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
105 | 2 | 1872-7565 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
2 | 0.74 | 1 |
Authors | ||
9 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sven Herrmann | 1 | 2 | 0.74 |
| Michael Kaehler | 2 | 2 | 0.74 |
| Robert Souffrant | 3 | 8 | 2.01 |
| Roman Rachholz | 4 | 2 | 0.74 |
| János Zierath | 5 | 2 | 0.74 |
| Daniel Kluess | 6 | 11 | 3.47 |
| Wolfram Mittelmeier | 7 | 9 | 2.77 |
| Christoph Woernle | 8 | 3 | 2.12 |
| Rainer Bader | 9 | 10 | 4.49 |