Galanis, N., Roussi, E., Kitsou, I., Georgiopoulos, I., Manolakos, D., Tsetsekou, A., & Andreouli, C. D. (2023). Manufacturing of 3 Axis Hip Simulator. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0364.v1
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Galanis, N., Athena Tsetsekou and Constantina-Dia Andreouli. 2023 "Manufacturing of 3 Axis Hip Simulator" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.0364.v1
Abstract
Hip joint surgeries, including total hip replacement or resurfacing, have increased tremendously in the last decades. Number of patients of all ages, replace their hip, due to severe injuries or trauma problems, so as to have a better life. According to these factors, new material and processes in implants manufacturing are imported to medicine, through research programs, every year. In the scope of one of these programs, that has to do with ceramic coatings on metallic resurfacing implants, a new 3axis Hip simulator was designed and manufactured in the Laboratory of Manufacturing Technology of the National Technical University of Athens. The scope of this paper is to present the main parts, materials and process used to manufacture the simulator as well as the way the simulator is working and how its movement in 3axis is accomplished. Furthermore, the evaluation of the machine and its use to examine resurfacing implants is presented.
Keywords
Hip simulator; 3 Axis; Implants; Metallic; Ceramic Coatings
Subject
Engineering, Bioengineering
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