Design and Development of Post Knee Arthroscopy Assist Device

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-26
Author(s):  
Rajeshwari Rengarajan

Designing and developing a device which provides a solution for knee spasms for the people who underwent surgery in the knee due to injury by enhancing the ability of motion in the knee joint and also strengthening the weak muscles. After operative procedures the patient remains in bed rest which results in passiveness in the lower limb and Range of Motion (ROM) will be reduced due to the impact of the injury. Thus, the Continuous Passive Motion (CPM) device is designed to lessen edema and swelling of the knee followed by injuries or surgeries. This device replaces the all time presence of physiotherapist and can accomplish such routine physical movements without the guidance and assistance of physiotherapist. The key feature in constructing a CPM is in the establishment of an accurate alignment with the human knee joint enabling the device to deliver similar movements as the actual body. Emergency switch is employed to the patients and they can stop the system in case of emergency or discomfort. This system comprises of Mechanical and Electronic components to full fill the necessity of the device requirements.

1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Erkan Engin ◽  
Sami Turgut Tu¨mer

Almost a decade ago, three-dimensional formulation for the dynamic modeling of an articulating human joint was introduced. Two-dimensional version of this fomulation was subsequently applied to the knee joint. However, because of the iterative nature of the solution technique, this model cannot handle impact conditions. In this paper, alternative solution methods are introduced which enable investigation of the response of the human knee to impact loading on the lower leg via an anatomically based model. In addition, the classical impact theory is applied to the same model and a closed-form solution is obtained. The shortcomings of the classical impact theory as applied to the impact problem of the knee joint are delineated.


2018 ◽  
Vol 00 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-118
Author(s):  
Enas Y. Abdullah ◽  
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Naktal Moid Edan ◽  
Athraa N. Kadhim ◽  
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1985 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 541
Author(s):  
Ph. Edixhoven ◽  
R. Huiskes ◽  
Th.J.G. van Rens ◽  
T.J.J.H. Slooff

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 7250-7265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Congming Zhang ◽  
Xiaochun Wei ◽  
Chongwei Chen ◽  
Kun Cao ◽  
Yongping Li ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-30
Author(s):  
Gábor Péter Balassa

Abstract The necessity for the knee prosthesis is confirmed by the large increase in the number of patients suffering from arthrosis, which is a present-day disease. Despite this need, there doesn’t exist an optimal knee prosthesis. Nowadays the development of the knee prostheses is progressing. It is very difficult to define the required geometry with traditional methods, because the movement conditions to be created by the prostheses should be similar to the movements of the human knee. During previous research the biomechanical research team of the Szent István University occupied with experimental measurements of the healthy human knee joint movement. In this paper I would like to introduce a method of prosthesis geometry development. As a result, a knee prosthesis geometry has been created which is approaching the movement form of the real human knee joint.


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