Design modifications and optimization of a commercially available knee simulator

Journal of Medical Devices, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Kretzer, J P ^a   Jakubowitz, E ^a   Hofmann, K ^a   Heisel, C ^a   Kleinhans, J A ^a   Thomsen, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b German Red Cross Hosp   (Germany)

Author keywords

Knee simulator; Load distribution; PE wear; Wear scar

Indexed keywords

COMPONENT DESIGNS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGNS; DESIGN MODIFICATIONS; ENDOPROSTHESES; GAIN INFORMATIONS; ISO STANDARDS; KNEE SIMULATOR; LOAD DISTRIBUTION; MECHANICAL FAILURES; PE WEAR; WEAR BEHAVIORS; WEAR DEBRIS; WEAR SCAR; WEAR TESTS;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DEBRIS; DESIGN; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

SIMULATORS;

EID: 58149489314     PISSN: 19326181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2979746     Document Type: Article

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