ARTIFICAL HUMAN KNEE JOINT TRIBO SIMULATOR

摘要

AN ARTIFICIAL HUMAN KNEE JOINT TRIBO SIMULATOR, MORE PARTICULARLY TO A SIMULATOR (100) THAT SIMULATES ARTIFICIAL HUMAN KNEE JOINT IMPLANTS FOR FULL OR PARTIAL IMPLANTS BY INCORPORATING THE ELEMENTS OF A PHYSIOLOGIC SIMULATOR AND KINETIC SIMULATOR ON A SINGLE APPARATUS. THE SIMULATOR COMPRISES OF A HOUSING ASSEMBLY, A SLIDING MEANS, A TORQUE WRENCH, A LOAD CELL, A SPECIMEN ASSEMBLY, A SIMULATION ASSEMBLY, AND A GLIDING ASSEMBLY (101). THE SIMULATION ALLOWS UP TO TWO INDEPENDENT ROTATIONAL MOVEMENTS TO MIMIC THE PHYSIOLOGICAL MOVEMENTS OF THE HUMAN KNEE JOINT WHICH ARE THE FLEXION-EXTENSION AND TRANSLATIONAL MEDIAL CONDYLE - LATERAL CONDYLE MOVEMENT FOR VARYING MATERIALS AND SIZES OF THE ARTIFICIAL HUMAN KNEE JOINT IMPLANT SPECIMEN TO ACCOMMODATE VARYING STRUCTURES OF THE ACTUAL HUMAN KNEE JOINT.