RESEARCH ARTICLE
Finite Element Modelling of NiTi Shape Memory Alloy Abutment for an Osseointegration Trans-femoral Implant
W. Xu*
Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK.
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2010Volume: 2
First Page: 2
Last Page: 10
Publisher Id: TOMDJ-2-2
DOI: 10.2174/18751814010020200002
Article History:
Received Date: 19/2/2009Revision Received Date: 17/4/2009
Acceptance Date: 17/4/2009
Electronic publication date: 19/1/2010
Collection year: 2010
© 2010 Xu et al.;
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open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Traditionally, prosthetic limb is interconnected to the residual limb via a “socket”f FE modelling was also made between NiTi SMA and other materials used in the clinical trials. The results reveal that NiTi SMA abutment can release much more impact load and reduce the over stress in the bone significantly.
Keywords: Finite element analysis, Osseointegration implant, Shape memory alloy, Impact loading..
