Establishment of personalized locking clavicle plate model and finite element analysis

doi:10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2016.35.011

Abstract

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The finite element analysis method is more accurate and fast to construct the three-dimensional model of the human skeleton and design the bone surgical medical instrument.

OBJECTIVE: To establish locking plate model according to the clavicle model, analyze and evaluate stress distribution of locking plate of the finite element model under bending and torsion conditions.

METHODS: Chest scan was carried out in a healthy young adult male by adopting 64-row spiral CT and his two-dimensional image data were gotten. The obtained data were analyzed with Mimics 10.0 software to establish the three-dimensional clavicle finite element model. The clavicle locking fixation plate model was established by applying the UG software. The locking fixation plate was evaluated by utilizing the abaqus software when the plate was bent while down to give force of 200 N, and twisted while 200 N•mm, to simulate the force and analyze the stress distribution of the locking plate.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Based on the original image parameters provided by CT, this experiment produced a three-dimensional model of the clavical titanium plate which fitted better to bones. This model can obtain a single individual, personalized plate by three-dimensional printing technology. The finite element analysis basically can simulate the actual stress of the plate. For straight plate and “S”-shape plate, in lateral bending and axial torsion loads, the maximum stress distribution of the seven-hole titanium plate is located in the center of the center hole. During actual surgical procedures, clavicle fracture fragments and middle locking hole had stress superposition. If the titanium plate can avoid the stress concentration, it can effectively avoid the occurrence of the broken plate after implantation, provide theoretical guidance for clinical practice, and provide reference and technical route for biomechanical analysis of other types of titanium plate.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点：人工关节；骨植入物；脊柱；骨折；内固定；数字化骨科；组织工程

Key words: Titanium, Finite Element Analysis, Tissue Engineering

CLC Number:

R318

Yin Feng, Wang Xiao-dong, Liang Wei, Ren Long-tao . Establishment of personalized locking clavicle plate model and finite element analysis[J]. Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research, 2016, 20(35): 5244-5249.

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