Evaluating different shapes of cranial fixation mini-plates using finite element method
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Details
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | EMBEC and NBC 2017 - Joint Conference of the European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference EMBEC 2017 and the Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, NBC 2017 |
| Publisher | Springer Verlag |
| Pages | 747-750 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789811051210 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
| Publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | Joint Conference of the European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (EMBEC) and the Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics (NBC) - Duration: 1 Jan 1900 → … |
Publication series
| Name | IFMBE Proceedings |
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| Volume | 65 |
| ISSN (Print) | 1680-0737 |
Conference
| Conference | Joint Conference of the European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (EMBEC) and the Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics (NBC) |
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| Period | 1/01/00 → … |
Abstract
Medical grade 3D printing offers the possibility to manufacture patient-specific implants to treat cranial defects. The performance of the implant assembly depends on many factors, such as material, thickness, size and manufacturing accuracy. A significant factor in the stability and success of the assembly is the fixation method. Cranial implants are usually fixed to the skull by means of mini-plates. Biomechanical assessment of fixing the implant to the skull might be helpful not only for mini-plate design but might be beneficial also for the surgeons. In this study, four different mini-plate designs were analyzed and compared based on the stress-strain analysis of one cranial implant fixed at three locations by mini-plates. Computational simulations were done using Finite Element Method.
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Keywords
- Cranial implants, FEA, Fixation mini-plates, Polymethyl methacrylate, Stress-strain analysis