ABSTRACT
The s tr ucture of a micromovement external fixture for treatment of diaphyseal long bo ne fracture is presented in this paper.Minisize DC geared motor and screw drive are used to transmit the power.Micro controller is used to control the micromove ment extent and frequency.This device can give the fractured bone ends micromo vement stress stimulation,so as to improve the forming and calcifying of the ca llus,and to accelerate the fracture healing process.This device can be applied t o the research on micromovement treatment of bone fracture.
ABSTRACT
Finite element method (FEM)is a calculating method for stress and strain analysis in the field of mechanical engineering.FEM has already been used in the design of medical apparatus,especially of the fixer for fracture treatment.The external fixer taken as an example,the anti-compression,anti-blending and anti-torsion characteristics of a certain type of external fixer are analyzed using FEM.This paper shows that by using FEM,the mechanical property of medical apparatus can be revealed at the designing stage.The strength and rigidity weak pocket can be found,and thus the improvement and optimization of medical apparatus can be made.