Publication detail

Evaluating Different Shapes of Cranial Fixation Mini-plates Using Finite Element Method

CHAMRAD, J. MARCIÁN, P. NARRA, N. BORÁK, L.

English title

Evaluating Different Shapes of Cranial Fixation Mini-plates Using Finite Element Method

Type

Paper in proceedings (conference paper)

Language

en

Original 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.

Keywords in English

Cranial implants; Fixation mini-plates; FEA; Polymethyl Methacrylate; Stress-strain analysis

Released

2017-06-13

Publisher

Springer

ISSN

1680-0737

Book

EMBEC’17 & NBC’17

Volume

1

Number

65

Pages from–to

747–750

Pages count

4

BIBTEX


@inproceedings{BUT137072,
  author="Jakub {Chamrad} and Petr {Marcián} and Nathaniel {Narra} and Libor {Borák}",
  title="Evaluating Different Shapes of Cranial Fixation Mini-plates Using Finite Element Method",
  booktitle="EMBEC’17 & NBC’17",
  year="2017",
  journal="IFMBE Proceedings",
  volume="1",
  number="65",
  pages="747--750",
  publisher="Springer",
  doi="10.1007/978-981-10-5122-7\{_}187",
  issn="1680-0737",
  url="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-10-5122-7_187"
}